[HCARC] Curious question

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

"Typically they are not even 
symetrical: one end will be higher than the other, one end may be near a 
building or in trees, paret of the dipole may run over a driveway which has 
steel mat buried in the concrete, etc.  The typical dipole as installed by 
hams is not balanced.  Many of the dipoles I've seen are not even in a 
straight line."

A curious question about Dipole antennas from the above portion of a question on Baluns/Ununs:    What would happen if one were to run concrete reinforcement mat that is 8 feet wide and 20 feet long under the entire length of a dipole that was cut for 40 or 80 or 20 meters suspended approx 40 feet above the ground??  The mat could be layed either with the 8 foot or the 20 foot perpendicular to the antenna.

Gary J
N5"BAA"