Bill Turner wrote:
I've been following this mind-numbing discussion for days now and still
don't have the answer to the original question:

Is the current the same at both ends of a mobile whip's loading coil?

Bill, W6WRT

Bill,

Did you read this? Actual measurements!!

http://www.w8ji.com/mobile_antenna_c...ts_at_w8ji.htm

As Richard Clark said, it all depends on the physical size and
constrution of the inductor and the antenna above the inductor. In a
reasonably well-constructed antenna the difference is small.

Anyone who says otherwise is just guessing.

73 Tom