"Tom Sedlack" wrote in message ...
What kind of voltages and currents are present at the ends of dipoles
assuming 100W of RF and the antenna being close to resonant?

Just wondering,

Tom

The current should be fairly low at the ends. The current max is at
the feedpoint. Just guessing on the voltage, probably about 700 volts
potential at the ends or so...x10 for a KW...Any kind of decent end
insulator should be ok for 100w. Same for a KW too, but you want to
stay away from green tree branches etc, if you run high power. I've
toasted some of those when the branches touched the ends of the
dipole. MK