"AI4QJ" wrote in message
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I would assume if I
was as far off in what I think the topic is supposed to be, you or others
would have jumped in to tell me AND TOLD ME WHAT THE ACTUAL CONTROVERSY IS
ALL ABOUT.

Some more about it at
http://www.k3bu.us/loadingcoils.htm
besides Cecil's pages

The main argument was the current distribution along the loading coil in a
resonant quarter wave radiator. I and bunch stated that there is a drop
along the coil, W8JI and bunch argued that not, that EZNEC "proves" it
(using lumped inductance model). Nice to see W7EL coming around and
recognizing difference between modeling the coil as a solenoid and lumped
inductance.
The net result is the overall current distribution along the radiator, which
reflects efficiency and is significant when elements are employed in the
arrays of loaded antenna elements.
The rest is just digging deeper into the pesky electron behavior.
It would be interesting to get report on W7EL visit to W8JI.

Yuri, www.K3BU.us