Dave,
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passive dosen't mean 'no current flow' in this context, it means not driven
from the feedline.


And the 'passive' element of a dipole antenna ~isn't~ fed
from the feed line? Confusing'er and confusing'er. I thought
both 'halves' of a dipole were fed by the feed line, certainly
every one that I've made, or seen have been.

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i didn't coin the term 'passive element'

No, I'm aware of that. But are you the one who 'minted' the
"two signal" way of looking at a single signal? Like some other
types of esoteric thinking you have to be very careful where
they
are applied, and how. If you aren't careful, they deteriorate
into nonsense as has happened here. If how you think about a
dipole antenna helps you with what you're doing, then fine, have
at it. That doesn't make it 'correct' or the 'right' way of
doing
things, though, and it is very confusing to someone who isn't
familiar with that particular 'theory' of operation. If you
want to
call a dipole by another name, that's fine too. But it don't
make
it so. Aunt Martha wasn't born with wheels, so she really isn't
a Buick... no matter what she thinks.
'Doc