[TowerTalk] Painting antennas

[Tom Anderson]

When I was in V31-land in 1987 I ran into V31IJ Smitty who was the 
maintence man at an off shore Belize hotel.  Since the hotel was only a 
couple feet above sea level and so close to the Carribbean, aluminum 
coorded like crazy in the salt air.  So he just made dipole out of vinyl 
covered closeline wire and when it corroded, he simply cut it down and 
made a new one.  Easier and cheaper he said.  

Tom, WW5L, V31EF, 7P8TA, G0/WW5L, and soone to be C91TA.

Jack - K4WSB wrote:

>We had a friend, N4QU, who was the Radio Op on a sulphur ship running 
>between Tampa & Port Sulphur.  Needless to say between the salt and the 
>sulphur everything took a beating on the boat.
>He tried many things trying to make antennas last.  The thing he found with 
>Krylon  was after a short time the paint would crack and moisture would get 
>in creating numerous problems.  After many attempts he decided that nothing 
>was worth the effort and when the antenna wore out he would simply replace it.
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>At 01:29 PM 4/29/2006 -0400, K8RI on Tower talk wrote:
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>>Hello TTers,
>>Would like to know if any of you have some experience with antenna´s
>>painting. I´d like to add an extra protection to the aluminium elements of
>>my yagi. Would it affect the performance of the antenna on any way??...would
>>it be advisable?..Thanks!
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>>I use clear Krylon which is suggested in the assembly instructions of my C3i
>>VHF and UHF antennas.  OTOH I'm not sure how long the stuff lasts.
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>>Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
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