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April 11th 08, 03:14 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote:
of my garden there are power lines and at the bottom of the other side
of the garden is a two story flat/apartment. If I have the dipole
running down the power line side of the garden it will have to slope
from about 40feet to about 20 feet. Will this be a problem with
regards to the balance of the antenna and cause any problems such as

Peter, keep any antennas well away from the power lines--very very
important! As far as problems, if you're talking about a classic
two-sided wire antenna fed by balanced line (ladder-line, etc.), any
problems are likely to be tiny and more theoretical than practical. I've
used antennas like that, and big horizontal loops, since 1991, and because
they all hang from available supports (trees, mostly), they wander all
over, they vary widely in height from one place to another. The great
thing about antennas like this is that they don't have to be pretty to
work well. :-) Higher will be better, for performance--but don't let
that worry you. Put some wire up and see how it works!

(And DO keep it away from the power lines!) GL!