[TowerTalk] Do I need an insulator on the ends of my dipole?

[Dan Maguire]

Jim, VE7RF, wrote:
>>> Does anybody know what the  EXACT  peak voltage is....on the ends of a half wave dipole, say with  exactly 1000  watts cxr  applied  to the feedpoint ???   Say a 80m dipole up  100  ft... flat swr, fed with coax +  CM choke.

A few years ago I did a little EZNEC study on that.  Details here (Reply #16):

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/touching-the-antenna-during-transmission.556342/page-2#post-4157410

Dan, AC6LA