[TowerTalk] Crowd sourcing ideas on making antennas look better

[Bill Hein]

Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. Reading TT thread about anodizing now.

73
Bill AA7XT

BIll AA7XT
Glade Park CO
DM59pa

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill: How about Anodizing? If not a choice, it should at least make the
> list. --Mike, WV2ZOW
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Bill Hein <bill.aa7xt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is Bill from Force 12.
>>
>> Had a customer ask about making a vertical antenna look nicer. Most of us
>> know that 'mill finish' aluminum tubing - as is typically used in antenna
>> construction - may have scratches and blemishes, which don't affect
>> the electrical performance but might have a cosmetic impact when viewed up
>> close.
>>
>> Power coating looks great but is not inexpensive. Spray painting works
>> fine
>> at HF frequencies if one is careful to mask the overlapping conductors
>> before painting. Are there other viable options short of painting to treat
>> the aluminum tubes?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> BIll AA7XT
>> Glade Park CO
>> DM59pa
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