Tony,

It's probably worth mentioning, that all of the lossy situations I
encountered in EZNEC also caused fairly significant modification of the
feedpoint impedance. I suppose it makes sense; this is a necessary
condition for coupling significant power into the rod, and could
potentially give you extra information beyond just measuring the
temperature rise.

73,
Dan

I have finally decided to buy the rod, so I will also try to use it as a radiator, with no copper wire taped on it.

73

Tony I0JX