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