[Antennas] antenna paint follow-up

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 03:06:42 +0000

At 02:14 9/10/02 +0000, Michael P. Olbrisch wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of refmon
> > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:01 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Antennas] antenna paint follow-up
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I had recently inquired about paints compatible with antenna radomes,
> > etc...that is, RF-transparent.  Thank you all who responded.  I have
> > followed up on a few leads and following are my findings.
>
>OUCH!!!
>
>I have been watching this thread with interest.  I have a wonderful
>35 ft fiberglass vertical at home.  It needs some sort of coating, the
>fiberglass is starting to show through.  I was also hoping to camo it,
>OD-green, sky-blue-gray...  something.
>
>So... this is not good news.  Hmmmmm....
>
>I wonder if they make heat-shrink tubing in OD-green, Sky Blue, or
>gray???  Does heat shrink have any metal in it?
>
>IDEAS - ANYONE ?????
>
>Mike.  KD9KC

Perhaps you can buy a coloring agent for epoxy, add some  to an epoxy mix 
and paint it on. The guys at a FG boat shop should know where to get the 
colorant.

Jerry W4UK