Posted: 11/9/2009 3:40:27 PM EDT
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Just got my WKUVS300 WORKMAN DUAL BAND BASE 8.3dB/11.7dB 146/440 antenna and really excited to put it up. Only thing is the white plastic sticks out like a sore thumb with the green tree background of my home. Would a couple of coats of non-metallic paint be ok to apply?  |
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Ok, one more dumb question. My antenna has a tunable section at the bottom. Basically I can adjust the height of a metal donut that has three 12" metal rods coming out at 90 degrees from the main antenna. This donut slides up and down on a 6-8" section of metal pipe where as the rest of the antenna is fiberglass. Painting this section PRIOR to tuning would a be a bad idea right? Once the paint is on the contact between the donut and the pipe will only be good at one point correct? |
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Ok, one more dumb question. My antenna has a tunable section at the bottom. Basically I can adjust the height of a metal donut that has three 12" metal rods coming out at 90 degrees from the main antenna. This donut slides up and down on a 6-8" section of metal pipe where as the rest of the antenna is fiberglass. Painting this section PRIOR to tuning would a be a bad idea right? Once the paint is on the contact between the donut and the pipe will only be good at one point correct? I don't think it would matter because inductors work by electromagnetism, but don't listen to me...maybe someone will chime in who knows the answer |