On Sep 16, 9:16*am, Art Unwin wrote:
Let me make myself quite clear on this point before the thread closes.
My position is that a radiator must be 1WL to achieve equilibrium.

And why is your "equilibrium" needed?

Note that antennas of every length produce very efficient radiation
from all of the r-f current that can be made to flow on them.

For a given r-f source and antenna, maximizing that current is a
matter of providing a non-reactive match of the antenna feedpoint
impedance to whatever is connected there.

There are good reasons to prefer one antenna length over others, such
as the radiation pattern produced, or the ease of providing a good
match to a transmission line.

But "equilibrium" is not one of them.

RF