Richard Clark wrote:
Swoozie Pellegrino wrote:

like a 10-meter long magnet wire hanging from my balcony with a weight
at the bottom. I could run coax down alongside for 5m and have it
connect there in the center.

Make it 5 meter long wire hanging from the center conductor of a
hanging 5+ meter long coax.

Or fold 1/4WL of the braid back down over itself leaving
1/4WL of the insulated center conductor to hang down.
It's called a sleeve dipole.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com