Yuri wrote:
You agree that impedance along the radiator changes, being low at the
bottom, around tens of ohms, to being high at the top, around thousands of
ohms.

)Tom replied:
)I never said that. What do you mean by reactance? The X can be very
)high but radiation resistance very low even near the open end.

I really give up. What's the point. This is a typical example of Tom's
response to technical argument or trying to go step by step. I am talking
impedance, he "knows" I mean reactance. As I said, I get better response
from a brick wall.
No wonder he duntgetit! Oh well!

73, Yuri, K3BU