Closing the loop and creating the current in antennas

Question

I remember Feynman explained that raid waves are emitted by accelerated charged particles. So, the only the things that antenna transmitters do is just up-down oscillation of the current

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Since this wire vertical, oscillation should create the the photons flying away horizontally in all directions. But how do you close the loop? The wire cannot be infinitely long. Does it mean that you must emit the same amount of radiation in perpendicular direction? Probably it is good that you produce the bi-polarized signal, which is easier to detect. You have to wire the backward vertical current at the right distance (half wavelength) so that it is coherent and does not interfere negatively with first one at large distances. But donesn't its radiation affect the current in the first wire (and vice versa)? Can you ever have an electron oscillation in the wire without the loop? Since most antennas that I have seen are unclosed wires, I believe that you can. But, how is that ever possible?

Answer 1

See image below for graphic on current flow in a dipole antenna:

Transmission is very similar, the current creates the electromagnetic wave rather than vice versa. The video is the same for both.

The point is, the antenna does not need to be a closed loop in order to operate, because the current does not flow in a particular direction for anything other than a very short time.