On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:51:48 -0800, Richard Clark
wrote:

the shorter element's smaller radiation resistance in
relation to the single bead sees a significantly higher port isolation
through the bead.

As Reggie might have observed, the distributed resistance would
conform to the analogy of distributed inductance and capacitance whose
total contribution would be an extremely lossy transmission line.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC