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RHF, you always provide a wealth of written and URL-referenced information
to the group, so it is with respect for your efforts that I am making some suggestions to correct a couple of your definitions : "RHF" wrote "M", . IF you have a Single 'piece' of Wire Antenna Element connected to a MLB (UnUn) along with a Ground Wire and Coax Cable. Then in general most people would call this a Long Wire Antenna; and many would more specifically call it a Random Wire Antenna. . IF you have Two Equal 'pieces' of Wire Antenna Element connected to a Balun along with a Ground Wire and Coax Cable. Then in general most people would call this a Dipole. . Dipole by Design {Tuned} : If the Two Equal 'pieces' of Wire Antenna Element are "Cut" to a specific length for a given frequency. Then the Two Equal 'pieces' of Wire Antenna Element {Together} can be said to be "Tuned" or they can be referred to as a "Tuned Dipole Antenna". . Dipole by Chance/Random {Un-Tuned} : However, if the Two Equal 'pieces' of Wire Antenna Element are simply used to fill the available space; and NOT "Cut" to a specific length for a given frequency. Then the Two Equal 'pieces' of Wire Antenna Element {Together} are simply a Random Length and can be said to be "Un-Tuned" or they can be referred to as a "Un-Tuned Dipole Antenna". . iane ~ RHF . . . . . You can leave out all mention of Baluns and Coax from your description of any kind of antenna. Baluns and Coax are not part of an antenna, they are part of the transmission line. Furthermore, neither a Balun nor Coax are required as part of any antenna or transmission line system, they are both options that provide either convenience or safety or both. You may also omit the inclusion of a ground wire as being any part of a dipole antenna. An earth ground is never part of either the antenna or feedline system of a center-fed dipole antenna. On the "random" or "long wire" terms, it has always been kind of laughable to split hairs about how long a wire is before it becomes a "long wire". Using the IEEE definition that states 2WL long for instance: for 29 mHz reception, a random piece of wire length suddenly becomes a 2WL "long wire' when its 66 feet long. Then, when we cut wire for 1/4 WL that generally fulfills a good receive and transmit capability for a given frequency, it sounds ignorant to call that a "random wire", which of course it is not. Those two terms may always cause confusion in the field. Best regards, Jack |
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