Training Day One

Last Saturday I made it to the training session for the foundation licence. I arrived later, as I had been teaching a new computer user how to use the mouse. Not easy. Especially the double clicking thing. The fact that she understood limited English was also not in my favour. However, It was a good experience, and wasn't to stressful. Back to the foundation licence for amateur ham radio operators. I came in at the description of call signs. We then went through the block components of a transmitter and receiver. Very useful for the exam.
The types of antennae and there operation was also covered and gave an understanding of why radio antenna's are vertical and many tv antennae horizontal (hint. it has something to do with the polarisation of the signal). Just to see if there is anyone out there, what type of antennae is this??? extra points for describing the components.