Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting

2008-10-13 Thread David Piche
Well unfortunatly, the building is not even close to air tight, we are working on it but being one of the highest hilltops in the region at 1200', humidity and temperature are not controlled easily. That said, I am trying to protect what I have fixed, to avoid having to fix it again. --- On

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting

2008-10-13 Thread Daron Wilson
I've rebuilt a pile of those duplexers, it is just bench work to disassemble them, clean them and reassemble. Most of my rack mounted stuff is black, and I like that, so I usually spray paint the components of the cans when I have them apart with black gloss spray paint, taping up the holes so no

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting

2008-10-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:06 AM 10/13/2008, Daron Wilson wrote: I've rebuilt a pile of those duplexers, it is just bench work to disassemble them, clean them and reassemble. Most of my rack mounted stuff is black, and I like that, so I usually spray paint the components of the cans when I have them apart with

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting

2008-10-13 Thread rb_n3dab
The loop that is mounted in the round holes determines the notch spread. One hole is 5MHZ or more the other hole is 5Mhz or less. The loop in the slotted hole is for fine tuning within the preset range. Refer to T1500 manual on RBwebsite. -- Doug N3DAB/WPRX486/WPJL709 Ken Arck

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting

2008-10-13 Thread ERLSV
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting Well unfortunatly, the building is not even close to air tight, we are working on it but being one of the highest hilltops in the region at 1200', humidity and temperature are not controlled easily. That said, I am trying to protect what I have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Painting

2008-10-13 Thread ERLSV
David..S. is right about effecting performance, but lacquer does not have any type of reflective properties, so it's a good choice. A friend of mine did a Super Statiomaster a color so you wouldn't see it in a tree. No problems at all...as long as the paint isn't a metallic your