[TowerTalk] C4 Delivered on Kauai

[Steve Gehring, KL7DC]

Hi,

I painted a 10 mtr monoband yagi with an acrylic clear coat in the early
90's while living on the Mississippi gulf coast, specifically back bay of
Biloxi.  After 3 years of gulf weather, the antenna looked almost new
except for some minor cracking of the 2 or 3 coats I gave it.  

I also used light amounts of penetrox or equivalent on each element joint,
generally following the guidelines in an earlier thread, before I painted.

BTW, my brother-in-law, Kevin (N0FZR), and I, cam corded a spoof while
painting the antenna.  We labeled the spray paint can "DX Spray" and
claimed it added several dB of gain to the array after each coat.

Enjoy the installation, and I'll continue to paint all my aluminum.  

73 de Steve, KL7DC

At 10:19 AM 1/5/99 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>Notice the instructions  mention painting the entire
>>antenna.  Has anyone done this,  and if so,  with
>>what?  Krylon clear coat,  or some such?  Maybe
>>sky blue,  or green?
>
>
>I have painted my Magnum 20/30/40 with spray paint, which I bought at a
>filling stations. This is the paint you use to shine up your car ! So far it
>has been up 2.5 years
>without any problems. Paint is still there.
>
>I did clean the elements first !!
>
>73  HNY   Rag   OZ8RO soon to be LA5HE agn
>



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