"rickman" wrote in message
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My point is that the current is not relevant in the theoretical case. The
ohmic losses you are talking about have to do with the construction of the
antenna, not the geometry. Make an antenna from a super conductor with no
ohmic losses and you will see the same power radiate from both a short or
a long antenna given the same power input to the antenna.

No you won't, for not only will your feeder be matched to your antenna, but
the antenna will be matched to the feeder, and the stored energy that is not
radiated because
of the shorted antenna will go back down the feeder.