[Antennas] Simple dipole

[Bill Barr]

Due to construction behind my qth I ran across a bunch of what  
appears to be some of Ma Bell's old transmission line that had ran  
overhead before they went to burying it all. My question is would it  
be ok to use both conductors as one leg of a dipole or would I be  
better off to split it and use a single conductor for each side..It  
is solid copper wire spaced about the same as old flat tv wire but  
much heavier.

Thanks

Bill