Mark wrote in reply to Cecil,
(snip)

I have already said multiple times, depending upon where the coil is
placed, the net current into the coil can be less than, equal to, or
greater
than the net current coming out. It all depends upon the phasor sum of the
forward current and reflected current. It can be zero or maximum or
anything in between depending upon where the coil is placed. For Kraus'
phase-reversing coil, the net current is zero at both ends and maximum
in the middle of the coil.

I know you have said it multiple times, but so far I don't recollect
anyone actually measuring a real world coil, and finding max current
at the top of the coil. That is what is bothering me. MK


Hi Mark,
Cecil doesn't actually have to measure anything, since he's already convinced
he's right because his arguments agree with the theory he made up in his head.
Yuri is supposed to measure loading coils using fish tank thermometers and
such. The real test will be when someone tries to make a new, improved
antenna based on the belief that the current taper on the loading coil
of a physically short antenna makes a tinker's damn worth of difference
in the far field radiation of said antenna.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH