A quick look in the Handbook will show you that the feed line is suppose to be perpendicular to the dipole
BUT,
I think you should put it up like you described and then report back on the kind of results you get.
73
Richard WB8KRN

"Doug Birky" wrote in message ...
I'm putting up an offset dipole. I'm attaching a 4:1 balun. I'm running
RG-8 to the balun. The dipole will be attached at 20' and the other end will
be about 40'. My question is can the coax be tie-straped to the short end
of the dipole antenna wire and run back with it toward the houes? This is
basically to keep a big loop from hanging down and also keeping the wife
happy since it would look much cleaner. I didn't know if this would have a
large impact on operation or not.

73
Doug / KC8YEC

"Richard Heindel" wrote in message
...
A quick look in the Handbook will show you that the feed line is suppose
to be perpendicular to the dipole
BUT,
I think you should put it up like you described and then report back on
the kind of results you get.
73
Richard WB8KRN

"Doug Birky" wrote in message
...
I'm putting up an offset dipole. I'm attaching a 4:1 balun. I'm running
RG-8 to the balun. The dipole will be attached at 20' and the other end
will
be about 40'. My question is can the coax be tie-straped to the short
end
of the dipole antenna wire and run back with it toward the houes? This
is
basically to keep a big loop from hanging down and also keeping the wife
happy since it would look much cleaner. I didn't know if this would have
a
large impact on operation or not.

73
Doug / KC8YEC


Hi Doug
If you're going to do that why not just make a coaxial antenna?
Peel back 20 feet of braid over the coax and add a 20 foot wire to the end
of the center conductor.
Forget the balun. Use a tuner.
I think dressing the feedline next to a radiator is problematic at best.
Just my 2 cents.......
73
H.
NQ5H

Thanks for all the input. This is the antenna I was planning to put up:
http://www.packetradio.com/windom.htm


H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H wrote in message
...

"Richard Heindel" wrote in message
...
A quick look in the Handbook will show you that the feed line is suppose
to be perpendicular to the dipole
BUT,
I think you should put it up like you described and then report back on
the kind of results you get.
73
Richard WB8KRN

"Doug Birky" wrote in message
...
I'm putting up an offset dipole. I'm attaching a 4:1 balun. I'm
running
RG-8 to the balun. The dipole will be attached at 20' and the other
end
will
be about 40'. My question is can the coax be tie-straped to the short
end
of the dipole antenna wire and run back with it toward the houes?
This
is
basically to keep a big loop from hanging down and also keeping the
wife
happy since it would look much cleaner. I didn't know if this would
have
a
large impact on operation or not.

73
Doug / KC8YEC


Hi Doug
If you're going to do that why not just make a coaxial antenna?
Peel back 20 feet of braid over the coax and add a 20 foot wire to the end
of the center conductor.
Forget the balun. Use a tuner.
I think dressing the feedline next to a radiator is problematic at best.
Just my 2 cents.......
73
H.
NQ5H