Frank wrote:
A double extended zepp is a good example of an
unbalanced feedline with significantly different currents in each leg.

Not true. The "double" means it is a balanced dipole.
An EDZ is simply a 1.25 WL center fed dipole. The
currents are supposed to be balanced.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Frank wrote:
A double extended zepp is a good example of an unbalanced feedline with
significantly different currents in each leg.

Not true. The "double" means it is a balanced dipole.
An EDZ is simply a 1.25 WL center fed dipole. The
currents are supposed to be balanced.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Ok, so I used the wrong name. What I meant was an antenna fed at the end
with open wire line, with one side of the feedline unconnected. Is it
called a zepp?

Frank

Frank wrote:
Ok, so I used the wrong name. What I meant was an antenna fed at the end
with open wire line, with one side of the feedline unconnected. Is it
called a zepp?

Yep, Zepps and Extended Zepps are unbalanced antennas. When you
add the word "double" to a Zepp or Extended Zepp, it becomes
a balanced dipole.

Zepp is an end-fed 1/2WL, Extended Zepp is an end-fed 5/8 WL.
Double Zepp is a center-fed 1WL. EDZ is a center fed 1.25WL.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp