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Crossed Yagi
*All the antennas we have looked at so far were linearly polarised antennas. But in actuality circular polarised can be made quite easily from all the linearly polarised antennas. As we mentioned in polarisation, circular polarization is constructed simply from two equal magnitude linearly polarized orthogonal signals which are 90° out of phase. Antennas with same geometry will have same output radiation for same input. Hence two linearly polarized antennas with same geometry placed in such a way such that their output is orthogonal to one another and a 90° phase shifted signal given to one of them will result in circular polarisation antenna. The antennas have to placed in near field region of each other.
* In a crossed Yagi antenna, two yagi antennas are used to achieve circular polarization. Both the antennas are placed geometrically orthogonal to one another and 90° phase shifted signals are given to their feed. Hence it acts as a circularly polarised antenna. Usually this 90° phase shift is added by introducing an additional cable of length about 0.25*wavelength (actually the length also depend upon the kind of wire used. The phase difference due to transmission cable is its path difference times velocity factor which depends on cable). Weather it's RHCP or LHCP can actually be changed by changing its connections. <ref>http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/Cross-Yagi/crossyagi.htm</ref>
[[File:CrossedYagi2.png|thumb|left|400px|RHCPCircuit. Image inspired from [http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/Cross-Yagi/crossyagi.htm here]]][[File:CrossedYagi1.png|thumb|center|400px|LHCPCircuit. Image inspired from [http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/Cross-Yagi/crossyagi.htm here]]]
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