Roy Lewallen wrote:
Egad. Of course I reject the notion that there's "phase information in
the standing wave current magnitude".

I should have provided a reference in my earlier posting. Your
above statement disagrees with Kraus. On page 464 of "Antennas
for All Applications", 3rd edition, Kraus shows the relative
current amplitude for a 1/2WL thin-wire dipole. He says on that
page that the magnitude is a sinusoidal function.

Would you care to explain how a sinusoidal magnitude function
is NOT associated with phase?

For everyone else: Roy had ploinked me so he never sees my
references. Therefore, he disagrees with Kraus over and over
and over.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp