[Amps] Black heat shields

[Ron Youvan]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:

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> I repainted the dish, but this time it was flat black. Man, did that
> dish get hot, but it never melted another LNB. You could feel the heat
> from that dish a good 10 feet behind it.  BTW that particular dish is
> visible in the "Google Earth" image so I know that image hasn't been
> updated in quite a while.

   It is standard and normal to paint satellite dish faces FLAT WHITE to
scatter the IR from the sun.
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    Ron KA4INM - I'm proud to be Chuck's pop!