[TowerTalk] Crowd sourcing ideas on making antennas look better

[jimlux]

conductive chemical conversion coating 
iridite or alodine are two common ones

-------- Original message --------From: Simon Lewis <gm4plm at hotmail.com> Date: 10/31/16  6:05 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com>, Bill Hein <bill.aa7xt at gmail.com> Cc: "TowerTalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crowd sourcing ideas on making antennas look better 
I though anodising had a problem with surface currents?







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From: Michael Clarson<mailto:wv2zow at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2016 11:02 AM
To: Bill Hein<mailto:bill.aa7xt at gmail.com>
Cc: TowerTalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crowd sourcing ideas on making antennas look better



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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