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Old February 16th 14, 05:12 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 06:32:38 -0800 (PST), W5DXP
wrote:

On Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:58:10 PM UTC-6, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
However, a J-pole (or Zepp) is not a 1/2 wave antenna. The driven
element is a 1/4 wavelength long, and therefore DOES require a ground
plane.


Sorry, that is not correct.


Agreed. See my followup to my posting where I noticed that I've been
building J-pole antennas with the coax feed connected to the wrong
element. Judging by some of the photos I've found, I'm not alone.

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