[Antennas] antenna paint

Sun Aug 15 16:43:41 EDT 2004

thanks for all of the ideas. i realize that a green antenna , announces "mr
goof lives here", but i may give it a try. 73 paul w8jn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Makoski W2LJ" <Makos327 at worldnet.att.net>
To: "paul" <mglassman at cinci.rr.com>; <Antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] antenna paint
> Paul,
>> While I personally have never done it; I have heard of hams who have
> camouflaged their antennas by painting them with no change in
> performance at all. As long as the metal to metal connections are left
> bare, you should have no problem with performance.
>> 73 de Larry W2LJ - Vivat Morse! © ®
>> W2LJ at arrl.net
> http://www.qsl.net/w2lj
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> FISTS #1469 QRP-L #778 FP #612 QRPp-I #759
> ARS #1528, AmQRP, CQC #746
>> K1 #1647 - K2 #4090 for QRP
> Icom IC-751A for QRO
> Butternut HF9V and G5RV antennas
>>> Paul wrote:
>> hi guys, i am putting up a gap titan dx and dont want to aggravate the
> neighbors... if i paint it black or green , will that significantly
> affect it? thanks paul w8jn
>>>