[Antennas] Random Wire

[Cletus W Whitaker]

de WB2CPN South Central Pennsylvania   2003.01.25

Interesting discourse.  Way back in 1946 the way we talked 
was this:  A dipole was an antenna that was fed in the middle,
even a "Delta Match".  Coax-fed dipoles were also called "Doublets".
The "Double Doublet" was two doublets on one feed line, and shaped
like a lazy "X".  A resonant single wire (1/2 wave multiple) fed 
at the end with a open-wire line was a "Zepp" because they were
designed to keep high voltages away from the Zeppelin airship.  
There was no such thing as a "Double Zepp".  A short piece of rod
that stood up on its end was a "Whip".  A long piece of wire was 
called a "Long Wire".  There were also two and three wire folded 
dipoles.  Some long wires could be wiggled into a "Rhombic". 
"Beams" were sometimes called "Parasitic Arrays", or just "Yagi".    

P.S.  There is no answer for the man's question unless we know
more about the physical situation with his wire.

                          73  Clete