[Antennas] Fw: center fed "zepp"

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:19:50 -0600

Hi Bob,

        You are right on target of course.  Happy DX and gang please try
Echolink-it is wonderful!  When the Sun acts up with Flares use Echolink.
There are 1000 Hams on line most of the time.

Very 73 de Bill-W9ERG

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:49:38 -0600 Bob Wilder <[email protected]>
writes:
> Let me throw this into the pot... A center fed antenna which is 5/8 
> wave each
> side of center and fed with 400-600 open line is called a "double 
> extended 
> Zepp"
> or can be called a "Franklin Antenna".  What ever they are called, 
> they work
> great and exhibit gain on all bands above the primary frequency.  
> Like you
> said, call them what you want and use them for the best possible 
> results.
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:02 AM 2/10/2003 -0600, Jonathan Setcer wrote:
> 
> 
> > > 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
> >
> >
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