[MilAir] Re: [MilCom] Painting Discone ???

Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:26:42 -0000

Thanks for the info. Interesting about the ice.
Happy New Year
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "J Craswell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MilAir] Re: [MilCom] Painting Discone ???


> Most antennas (Those not on top of a tower) have some sort of tree
> "background"  I painted most of my antennas a flat black then after that
> dried I painted irregular stripes of olive drab and flat brown.  This
> "Cammo" scheme promoted the comment from the neighbor "Hey thanks for
taking
> down some of those eyesore antennas.  Your house looks a lot better now!"
> The wife also commented positively.   I had no problem seeing them but I
> have to admit they did fade into the background better.  I spoke to a
> Canadian Ham Radio Operator who said he paints his antenna dark flat
colors
> and it helps to melt the ice!  I can't confirm that but it sound like it
> would work.
>
> BTW the antennas appear to work well on send and receive.  No bad changes
in
> were SWR seen.
>
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