The current at the
ends can reach levels to produce serious burns! Grab a mobile antenna below
the loading coil while transmitting. You won't feel a thing! Grab it at or
above the coil, it will burn the hell out of you ( X-numbers of milliamps of
RF current).

Jerry,

It's the high-voltage bits that bite you because your skin resistance
is so high it takes some substantial voltage to drive a noticable
current through you, but it doesn't take much current to give you a
nasty burn. The high-current parts of the antenna don't have enough
voltage to burn you.

Dan