Doug, my understanding of polarisation so far is a purely physical thing. As I understand, a vertical whip to a horizontal diplole, does not communicate as well as vertical to vertical, or horizontal to horizontal. I don't see how Jupiter could be polarised except that the planet and its electromagnetic field is circular or spherical of sorts, acting as a virtual antenna, rather than a peice of wire........ unless we are talking about the longitudinal lines of its magnetic fields as straight linear, in which case these would change through the hours, days, months and years as its position, axis and rotation changes in relation to our position, axis and rotation.
I'm not an authority on this, just applying simple logic to the limited knowledge I have on the electromagnetic spectrum and astronomy in general.
I've had a crack at it, now tell me....did I get it right? Was I close? LOL
Baz.
