I disagree with what you think Balanis says, not what he says. There's
quite a difference.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Cecil Moore wrote:
Roy Lewallen wrote:

So, in short, I don't disagree with Balanis.


Yes, you have disagreed with an analysis based on Balanis's
'If' and 'Ib'. You even quoted some author saying that an
antenna could not be analyzed in the manner that Balanis
proposes.

Cecil Moore wrote:

He doesn't use lumped components and probably for good reason. But
here's
the quote that allows my analysis. "Standing wave antennas, such as the
dipole, can be analyzed as traveling wave antennas with waves
propagating
in opposite directions (forward and backward) and represented by
traveling
wave currents 'If' and 'Ib' in Figure 10.1(a)." This means that net
total
current equals If+Ib.