Tom Donaly, KA6RUH wrote:
"There may be a difference in current along the coil, but it isn`t a
current drop."

Call it a decline if you don`t like the word drop.

A wave traveling along an antenna induces current in the wire. This
current causes radiation from the wire.

A current traveling from "a" to "b" in the wire loses energy to
radiation. The energy at "b" is less than the energy at "a" if the
source is at "a".

If the impedance at "a" is the same as the impedance at "b", the voltage
and the current at "a" are larger than the voltage and current at "b".

We don`t need energy to decline from "a" to "b" to have a current drop.
We only need current to decline between "a" and "b". Yuri has
demonstrated a "current drop" with r-f ammeters inserted at both ends of
the loading coil. Analysis of the cause is not necessary to demonstrate
a current drop.

As straight wires are usually better radiators than the same wire in
coils, I speculate that the current drop measured by Yuri is mostly due
to the high impedance (High voltage, low current) on the output of the
loading coil.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI