[Elecraft] 43 ft Vertical

[Mark, KJ7BS]

"It is an antenna and a good one, but it is not half of a dipole, it is  
a whole dipole.  It does not matter where a dipole is fed, it is still  
a half wave long."


I beg to differ.  A dipole is an antenna with two elements fed at the same location.  A half wave end fed is only one element that is a half wave long.
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---- Rick Dettinger <k7mw78 at gmail.com> wrote: 

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It is an antenna and a good one, but it is not half of a dipole, it is  
a whole dipole.  It does not matter where a dipole is fed, it is still  
a half wave long.

73,

Rick Detinger   K7MW


On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Mark, KJ7BS wrote:

> "The proof of this - you would never dream of putting up half of
> a dipole. Hi Hi"
>
> Sure.  It's called an End Fed Half Wave dipole.  Oh, but to some,  
> that's not an antenna.