Cecil Moore wrote:
Roy Lewallen wrote:

Egad. Of course I reject the notion that there's "phase information in
the standing wave current magnitude".


I should have provided a reference in my earlier posting. Your
above statement disagrees with Kraus. On page 464 of "Antennas
for All Applications", 3rd edition, Kraus shows the relative
current amplitude for a 1/2WL thin-wire dipole. He says on that
page that the magnitude is a sinusoidal function.

Would you care to explain how a sinusoidal magnitude function
is NOT associated with phase?

For everyone else: Roy had ploinked me so he never sees my
references. Therefore, he disagrees with Kraus over and over
and over.

What is a "sinusoidal magnitude function," Cecil? I don't have
Kraus, so I'll take your word for it that he wrote that the current
on a 1/2 WL thin wire dipole can be represented as a sine function.
Good. I can now throw away my EZNEC. I doubt very much if any of
the people who disagree with you really write anything that
contradicts Kraus or any of the other textbook writers. Selective
quoting is another low trick you like to play, Cecil. You must have
learned it in Bible class.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH