Joel Kolstad wrote:
I like that way of thinking about it intuitively (it's shorter), although
I believe that -- if you match it properly -- if I take that 200MHz
half-wave dipole and operate it at 100MHz (effectively becoming a
full-wave dipole)

This should be 'effectively becoming a QUARTER WAVE dipole,' of course.
Sorry. :-) I stand by the rest of the posting.

---Joel