[TowerTalk] Twinlead- Zepp
bob finger
finger at goeaston.net
Thu Nov 3 14:52:56 EST 2005
I have called my inverted vee and flat top center fed tuned antennas
"doublets" for 40 years now. Maybe it is a regional thing. Until Tom
mentioned it, I always heard "double Zepp" used when the antenna was a
full wave each side of center. True north? Surely even razor beams
are not that narrow.....73 bob de w9ge
Tom Rauch wrote:
>Since that is dipole used where it is not 1/2 wl long the
>term "double Zepp" is pretty common, although my dictionary
>calls a non-halfwave a "doublet antenna". I almost never
>hear anyone use the name doublet.
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