Richard Fry wrote:
... those returning r-f currents ARE greatly
attenuated before they can enter into the ground terminal of the antenna
system.

Richard, too many people, including some of the gurus,
are thinking DC circuits. The only difference between
the voltage equation and the current equation is a
division by Z0, i.e. the current is attenuated exactly
by the same factor as the voltage.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com