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Ratch
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sophiecentaur,
Any wideband antenna cannot be highly resonant. The best you can do is to get as wideband a match as possible. Matching is the only reason to aim at resonance and the resonant half wave dipole is only the start in the art of antenna design. Many receiving antenna operate far from resonance - your portable VHF sound receiver antenna (a simple version of an unbalanced radiator, which would never be satisfactory for transmission aamof) being a typical example.
In any case, I only introduced the antenna idea as an example of reducing a circuit to its 'equivalent' components (with or without inductance). If you are not aware of this as a general way of approaching problems then it could be worth your while to follow it up. It is a very powerful tool, used in many instances.
This may be a 'personal view' as my original idea was to suggest a possible approach to the original problem that was posed. I have not seen any alternative proposed on this thread so it at least suggests a way through.
How did you get involved is describing a half wave resonant dipole VHF antenna? I am sure the OP has no idea what you are talking about. I see it as a solution in search of a problem.
Ratch