On 16 Nov, 07:06, (Richard Harrison) wrote:
Art wrote:

"I am trying to deduce an alternative to the thinking current can hurdle
a capacitor and retain its time variation."

An early demonstration of electroostatic repulsion was via an instrument
called the electroscope. Put a charge on its plates and it opened like a
book. It proved like charges repelled and that repulsion was
proportional to charge.

From that it can be imagined that if you put a charge on one insulated
plate and like charges on an insulated plate nearby have an avenue of
escape to the outside world, you may have produced a capacitor useful
for ac coupling or bypass. It isn`t a hurdle. It is a device capable of
a displacement current which blocks dc but passes ac. It`s a device
formerly called a condenser, now called a capacitor.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

What you must understand is t5he circuit that constitutes a
capacitor part of which is a resister that is seen in parallel.
So yes, a portion of energy can bypass the capacitor.
However the time varient that one must measure is at best,
a superinposed expellation of energy from the capacitor
which changes the original time varient required for radiation.
Cecil makes the point he can measure the current
along the radiator, but in fact he has a measuring problem
by what he is using to measure current with respect to time.
Regards
Art