BuckEye,
Hi. 'Dumass' here. Like it or not, antennas can and are
classified and/or described by their 'electrical' length.
Electrical length and physical length don't have to be the
same and seldom are when speaking about 'loaded' antennas.
When you find your self in a situation where everyone else
seems to be wrong, and only you are right, it sometimes helps
to stop and re-evaluate your position. Is it mandatory that
you think about antennas the same way I do? Nope, sure isn't,
but it does help if you at least understand 'where' the other
person is coming from, or talking about. It always helps to
view things from a different perspective. When you don't, the
loss is yours...
'Doc