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September 12th 03, 02:27 PM

On 12 Sep 2003 05:23:52 GMT, (Jeffrey Herman)
wrote:

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote:
I hate to break it to you fine folks....But.....there is no such
thing as a 1/4 wave DIPOLE.

then

"Bob Brock" wrote in message
Searched the web for 1/4 wave dipole. Results 1 - 10 of about
39,100. Search took 0.17 seconds

So Bob, go ahead and build a "1/4 wave dipole" and tell us how it
performs!

"Dipole" *is* defined as half-wave, for within any half-wave segment,
there are two (di-) voltage/current poles. You cannot have a "1/4
wave dipole." When that term is used (such as in your Google search),
they're really refering to each of the two elements as being 1/4 wave-
length each, and 1/4 * 2 = 1/2.

73, Jeff KH6O

So, the 1/2 wave dipoles sold on the same pages are really full wave
dipoles, of are you saying that they use 1/4 and 1/2 wave
interchangeably when talking about the same antennas? Are you
really proposing that manufactuers don't know the difference between
1/4 wave and 1/2 wave dipole?

Or are you simply saying that your mind is so closed to the idea that
people would be making, selling, and buying something that you don't
know about, so it can't really be so?

I think it's the latter. However, since you say that when they talk
about a 1/4 wave antenna that they actually mean a 1/2 wave dipole,
I'm sure that with that very large database, you will have no problems
at all showing me some supporting documentation for your assertion.
Simply saying, "It ain't so." isn't enough.

I've already admitted that my use of 1/4 wave dipole in reference to
HF antennas was in error. Let's see how long it takes the, "there is
no such thing as a 1/4 wave dipole" crowd to admit their mistake.

I find it amazing that I made a mistake in a post about license
testing/policy and have admitted my mistake, yet people continue to
spam the ng about it.

If you can't accept the fact that people build, sell, and buy 1/4 wave
dipoles for use in UHF, get over it. Just don't try to make stuff up
and post it.