Topband: : antenna question

[mike l dormann]

once upon a time a long time ago i saw somewhere in a magazine or book,
or maybe someone told me, or i heard at a ham club meeting or flea
market, or i had a dream while in heart surgery, or my wife told me that
a 300 ohm TV twin lead dipole is not all twin lead, but the twin lead is
shorter than a half wavelength  and at each end a wire continues to make 
half wavelength length of the dipole.

anyone do a dipole this way? or heard or read etc etc about this
technique?

thanks

mike w7dra

and..................the half wavelength of a dipole by formula is 468/f,
468/1.8=260 * TV twin lead veolcity factor of .8 or so would bring down
the half wavelength to a little under 215 feet.................
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