[TowerTalk] Invisible Tower Paint

[Kelly Taylor]

Why, you use the invisible owl, of course!

> On Aug 29, 2019, at 12:06 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
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> How do you set the antenna direction to north if you cannot see it?
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> John KK9A
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> ve3yv wrote
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> Nothing new in the universe:  see article in QST April 1966, p 35-37 which
> is the seminal work on tower invisibility.  I had the pleasure of knowing
> the author, Ralph Turner, W8HXC, a mild mannered Professor at Oberlin
> College.
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> Invisible paint is tricky stuff to work with so he included instructions on
> how to check paint level in the can and other useful tips, including that
> when painting the tower, not to forget the antenna or the resulting
> appearance of a floating antenna might be disturbing to observers.
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> I do miss those April issues of QST.
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> 73,  George VE3YV / K8HI
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