Sherrill, your wish for a simplified definition of resonance and the one
you wish to use is faulty. Every antenna (without disks at the ends) has
zero current at the end of the wire. The antenna current HAS to go to
zero at the end, there isn't any more conductor to carry current. Then
so long as the wire is less than a half wave long (talking centerfed
here) the current rises to a peak at the center, whether the wire is
.001 wavelength or 1/2 wavelength long or anything in between. So a
maximum current at the middle and zero current at the ends does NOT
define resonance, it merely defines a center fed wire. One must define
resonance in terms of zero reactance, there is no other way.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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