Boy, you took a gamble. I'd have been afraid that this action could have either messed up the VSWR or shifted the resonant point of the antenna. Then again, maybe it did and either you don't know that or it wasn't significant.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 12:19 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: antenna question - Dip It and Scotch Kote > Hi Robert, > > You might get lucky... because they might also have advertised > the dip-it as an insulator material, which means someone was > hopefully looking at the dissipation factor (aka D-Factor) when > the compound was engineered. Time will tell... > > cheers, > skipp > >> "georgiaskywarn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Someone else told me that after I had put a whole can of dip >> it on the db408 I showed you. I went back and covered every >> inch of it with liquid electrical tape. I have had good >> results in the GA sun with it. >> 73, >> Robert >> KD4YDC >>
