The way I was taught to think of it was that the length (overall) is the
reference to the "length" of the dipole antenna. For example, a "half-wave"
dipole antenna would be a "quarter-wave" in length on each side of the
center insulator or center point. So a full wavelength dipole antenna would
have each "side" of the dipole being one-half wavelength each.
Oh well.......

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"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message
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The question refered to a DIPOLE. A dipole is at least 1/2 wavelength
long.

See comments by Jeffery Herman for further clarification on a 'dipole'.

Dan/W4NTI

"Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote in message
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Pure bull**** Dan, the formula changes for a quarter wave versus a half
wave
versus a full wave. 468/freq. in Mhz is for a half-wave dipole. The
specific for a quarter-wave is half that. And so on and so forth.

If the person specified which length they were looking for I would have
popped up the correct answer, as far out to the right of the decimal as
you
want (yes, calculated by hand, not calculator. I do it the old fashioned
way), but they didn't specify which wavelength they were looking for.



What is the length of a dipole for 14.240Mhz?


Of what wavelength???? That is an important factor in the equation.




Congratulations you have just proven you have NO CONCEPT of what was
asked.

Does 468 divided by Frequency in Mhz mean anything to you?



Yep... for a half-wave dipole.


Dan/W4NTI