Cecil Moore wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
The antenna current phase does not change at all wrt the source.

That's my argument and appears to be the opposite of
what you have been saying.

The antenna current phase is referenced, i.e. relative,
to the source phase. Are we using different definitions
of the word "referenced"?

Please provide your definition for "referenced".

Let me say the same thing in a different way. The
difference between a particular antenna current phase
and the source current phase is fixed no matter what
reference phase is chosen for the source current.

Cecil,

I am sorry that you seem to be having so much trouble with the English
language today. 8-)

If the antenna current was referenced to the source current, the
reported antenna current phase would *not* change when the source phase
was changed. As you can see, the reported antenna current phase *does*
change in step with adjustment of the source phase. This means that both
sets of phases are referenced to the same arbitrary point, not directly
to each other.

This was exactly what Roy was saying, followed by your challenge of his
understanding of NEC.

My definition of "reference" is the ordinary definition found in
scientific and technical writing. It is the equivalent of "relative to"
used by you above.

73,
Gene
W4SZ