"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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Fact 1.

Any loading coil of finite length contributes towards to the total
radiation.

NEWSFLASH - there's no such thing as a perfect inductor. Amazing!

Fact 2.

The input and output currents of a loading coil of finite length are always
different from each other.

A natural consequence of fact #1.

Fact 3.

The radiation pattern of a short vertical is fixed and remains independent
of the location/height of the loading coil.

Not so, precisely because said inductor cannot be perfect. HOWEVER, the
difference is neglegible and probably immeasureable.

Fact 4.

Computer programs do not tell gospel truths. They are at least as
unreliable as their human programmers.

Ahh, but at least they are *consistantly* unreliable in predictable ways,
which is more than can be said for humans.

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Reg.