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I may have over simplified my analogy with any two waveforms combining since all 1/4 wave radiators start with maximum current at the source and always go to minimum at the far end. Now what happens if we put two currents on the same 1/4 wave BUT their sources are at opposite ends of that 1/4 wave radiator?

Is it not possible for both ends of that radiator to come to a current minimum since each is an end for one current? As we reach both ends of the radiator, the phase shift between both currents might just be nulling the currents out at the ends. It is the only logical explanation I can arrive at for what we see although, I'm all ears if there is another plausible theory.

[QUOTE="Shockwave, post: 498345, member: 10882"] I may have over simplified my analogy with any two waveforms combining since all 1/4 wave radiators start with maximum current at the source and always go to minimum at the far end. Now what happens if we put two currents on the same 1/4 wave BUT their sources are at opposite ends of that 1/4 wave radiator? Is it not possible for both ends of that radiator to come to a current minimum since each is an end for one current? As we reach both ends of the radiator, the phase shift between both currents might just be nulling the currents out at the ends. It is the only logical explanation I can arrive at for what we see although, I'm all ears if there is another plausible theory. [/QUOTE]

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