Pat,

I always considered that configuration a folded dipole.  I had one cut for 
40 meters when I first got on the air and it was a terific antenna.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: trapped dipole etc.


> To add to the confusion; my take is that it was twin lead, fed at the
> denter and shorted at the ends.  But I'm not betting the farm on it!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 12:40 PM 5/31/2012, you wrote:
>>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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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:20 PM
>>Subject: Re: trapped dipole etc.
>>
>>
>> > 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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>> > From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:09 AM
>> > Subject: trapped dipole etc.
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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.