Cecil Moore wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:

Cecil is so good at quoting that he should have no problem with
providing the exact unedited words from Kraus that support the
arc-cosine analysis.


"It is generally assumed that the current distribution of an
infinitesimally thin antenna is sinusoidal, ..."

Simply look at Kraus' graph in Figure 14-2. A sinusoid with
current amplitude equal to 1.0 at the center and current
amplitude equal to zero at the end is obviously a cosine
wave. Since the magnitude varies from 1.0 at the center to
zero at the end, taking the arc-cosine of the magnitude
yields the distance from the center in degrees.

Cecil,

Sorry, I missed the comments that Kraus made about the phase of a
standing wave. Is that the concept that is represented by the " ..." in
your quote above?

73,
Gene
W4SZ