....[snip]....
The measured current at the bottom of a loading coil is primarily
standing wave current. IT IS NOT FLOWING.
....[snip]....

My obviously-overloaded must-be-pea-sized brain sure has trouble thinking
of current which is NOT flowing, since my basic internal definition of
"current" is something like "electrons flowing past a point".

I'm enjoying reading this thread, but, what with all the difficulties
my brain is having with such subtle points, I'm NOT learning much!

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