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.

I did the same search. You don't get anywhere as many hits (104) when
searching on 1/4 wave dipole. Interestingly enough, you get some where
people are asking if a poster *really* meant 1/2 wave dipole. If you
just type in 1/4 wave dipole, you'll get hits on 1/4 1/4 wave. 1/4 wave
dipole, wave, and dipole. I don't doubt that you could get around 39,000
hits with that broad a search.

At best, it is a misnomer, at worst, a pretty poor antenna.

- Mike KB3EIA -