A turnstile antenna is two crossed dipoles driven 90° apart, one dipole p turning at ω about its mast. Its far field E ∝ r̂ × (r̂ × p̈(t − r/c)) has phase ωt − kr − φ at every latitude, so each wavefront is the spiral r = (ωt − φ − 2πn)/k. Along the mast E ∝ (1/r)[cos(kr
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