[Antennas] antenna paint

Larry Makoski W2LJ Makos327 at worldnet.att.net
Sun Aug 15 16:33:15 EDT 2004


Paul,

While I personally have never done it; I have heard of hams who have
camouflaged their antennas by painting them with no change in
performance at all. As long as the metal to metal connections are left
bare, you should have no problem with performance.

73 de Larry W2LJ - Vivat Morse! © ®

W2LJ at arrl.net
http://www.qsl.net/w2lj

ARRL Lifemember  QRP ARCI #4488     NJQRP #47
FISTS #1469  QRP-L #778   FP #612  QRPp-I #759
ARS #1528,  AmQRP, CQC #746

K1 #1647  -  K2 #4090  for QRP
Icom IC-751A for QRO
Butternut HF9V and G5RV antennas


Paul wrote:

hi guys, i am putting up a gap titan dx and dont want to aggravate the
neighbors...  if i paint it black or green , will that significantly
affect it? thanks  paul w8jn





More information about the Antennas mailing list