True, Collin, but I often hear a half-wave dipole fed with ladder line in 
the middle referred to as a center-fed zep.  Perhaps it depends on whom you 
ask.  Anyway, the above-described antenna has always been my dream antenna. 
I love the flexibility.  Lou
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>I always thought a zep antenna was two wires on each side, tied together at
> the far end and fed with latter line?
> So for instance, 40FT of speaker wire on each side, open at the feed 
> point,
> but electrically connected at the ends furthest from the feed point.
> then the latter line connected to one on either side at the feed point,
> leaving the other two open...maybe that is a completely different type of
> antenna...
> So, I need the definition of a zep, and the definition of a 
> doublet...maybe
> google will yield some definitive answers...
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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>
>>I don't know how accurate this is, but I've always understood a doublet to
>> mean a dipole of some kind fed with ladder line.  In other words, the 
>> same
>> thing as a center-fed zepp.  That's what all the CW old-timers call them
>> and
>> they seem to be a pretty reliable bunch.  Apologies if I have it wrong.
>> Lou,  WA3MIX
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>>
>>> can you describe how a doublet is constructed?
>>> or is that just another term for a dipole?
>>> I've never gotten a definitivvvvvve answer on that question.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
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>>>
>>>
>>>> Tom:
>>>>
>>>> an 88 foot doublet fed with ladder line works very well 80 through 10.
>>>> it
>>>> is somewhat narrow on 80, but usable with a tuner everywhere.
>>>>
>>>> If you discard 75 / 80, a 44 foot doublet is decent on 40 throu 10.