The signal received from a circularly polarized signal by an antenna with linear polarization compared to the signal received by same circularly polarized antenna will be
- A. Maximum
- B. Zero
- C. 3 dB less
- D. 3 dB more
Answer: C. 3 dB less
Explanation: When receiving a circularly polarized wave with a linearly polarized antenna, there is a polarization mismatch loss of 0.5, or 3 dB.