On Jan 10, 2:34 pm, Richard Clark wrote:
Imagine even more the dilemma this puts the dipole in! It has
suddenly collapsed into a shielded, dummy load. ;-)

Sorry, the dipole standing waves are only about 80% of the energy on
the antenna. The other 20% of the energy is radiated (or lost to
heat). If the waves on the 1/2WL dipole were 100% standing waves, the
antenna would have a zero feedpoint impedance, but it doesn't
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com
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