[Antennas] Fw: center fed "zepp"

[Jonathan Setcer]

> Terminology police!
>
> I've abandoned a number of terms because someone will always object to
> them.
>
> It's true that if you center feed a zepp and trail it out the back of your
> dirigible, it's not going to work too well because nothing will separate
> the two halves of the antenna.

But if a zeppelin's radio operator decides
> to put up an antenna at home and thinks, I'll just use one of the antennas
> from the airship and feed it at the center, is it OK if he calls it a
> center fed zepp?  Hmmm ...
>
> I've also heard lots of nitpicking over "dipole".  Some restrict it to a
> center fed half wave.  Others allow the term on any center fed wire
> antenna.  Still others interject the term "doublet" to cover certain
> situations.  And finally, a half wave fed at the end is also sometimes
> called a dipole.  Best to just describe it but not name it, I reckon.
>
> Is it OK if I call my inverted L a Marconi?
>
> 73--Nick, WA5BDU