de WB2CPN South Central Pennsylvania 2002.07.14 Good Morning Dan, A dipole does not have to be fed in the middle. If it's a 1/2 wave and the current travels from one end to the other, and the ends are of oposite polatity, and these's a current max in the middle, it's a dipole. Monopoles, which nature arhors, could be 1/4 wave antennas, but they are really Marconi. 73 Clete