Open-ended antennas like dipoles are standing wave antennas. The
forward current is relatively constant through the coil and the
reflected current is relatively constant through the coil. But
the phasor sum of those two currents can vary wildly from end
to end in the coil because of phase shifts.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


Don't we have a case of coil being RF choke to certain extent?
Also I think that behaviour of radiator before and after the coil defines the
magnitude of the current, no?

Yuri, K3BU