Cecil Moore wrote:

Richard Harrison wrote:
If any part of the simple dipole, 1/2-wave or shorter, is made of a coil
instead of a straight piece of wire, the coil too has a higher impedance
on the end nearer the dipole tip and a lower impedance on the coil end
near the center of the dipole.

Yep, and for the same power level, a higher impedance usually means
a lower current and vice versa.

But the impedance *at* such points does not affect the current *at*
those points?

73, Jim AC6XG