On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:19:39 GMT, "Jimmy"
wrote:

Is an antenna that is resonant on 10 meters still a 1/4 wavelength antenna
if it is physically only 4ft long or would this be an 1/8 wavelength
antenna(more or less).I am saying this should be called an 1/8 wl antenna
though I am arguing with those who generally know more more about this than
I. Not all the old timers disagree with me, so I am betting this is a pretty
common problem when discussing antennas.

A 1/2 wave dipole on 10 meters is about 16 feet. So 4 feet sounds like
1/8 wavelength, physically, to me.

Unless it has a loading coil -- which could make it, electrically,
"longer" than 1/8 wavelength.

Bob
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