Re: [TenTec] Zepp

[Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>]

Any center fed straight wire is a dipole, regardless of how it's length 
compares the the wavelength you are using it on. If I build a dipole to 
be a half wavelength on 7 MHz, and then use it on 10.1 MHz it is still a 
dipole, just not a half wave dipole.
> I find it interesting to examine the dipole antenna. By definition it 
> is a wire length being equal to 1/2 the wavelength of the frequency. 
> The name comes from two terms "DI" meaning two and "POLE" meaning 
> electrical terminal having two distinct regions of electrical polarity.