"Doug Birky" wrote in message
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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

I saw an artical in a magazine once about doing something similar. The coax
was suspended a few inches below the dipole. I think but not sure that
somekind of choke was used on the coax near the end past the dipole to keep
the current off the outer portion of the coax.