Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Mike
if it gets hot. Friendly Regards, Mike -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Richardson Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:47 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna there is probably

Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Jerry Richardson
General List Subject: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna I took some cheap black enamel spray paint and sprayed down an omni antenna. Thought was to perhaps keep ice off it in winter etc. Clients all seem to drop by about 5db. Is that normal? Matt

Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Mike
2010 10:20 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna Is there any metallic components to that paint? You can purchase Omni's that are black from the factory. -Kevin On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Matt wrote: > I took some cheap black enamel spray paint a

Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Robert West
-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:16 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna I took some cheap black enamel spray paint and sprayed down an omni antenna. Thought was to perhaps keep ice off it in winte

Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Kevin Neal
"black pigment is commonly made from carbon black" >From the web, is it possible that the carbon black is causing this? (I'm not an RF expert especially when it comes to paints -Kevin On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Matt wrote: >> Is there any metallic components to that paint?  You can pu

Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Matt
> Is there any metallic components to that paint?  You can purchase Not on label. Said lead free but all paint is lead free now days. It was dollar store spray paint for a dollar. Matt WISPA Wants You! Join today

Re: [WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Kevin Neal
Is there any metallic components to that paint? You can purchase Omni's that are black from the factory. -Kevin On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Matt wrote: > I took some cheap black enamel spray paint and sprayed down an omni > antenna.  Thought was to perhaps keep ice off it in winter etc. >

[WISPA] Black Paint on Omni Antenna

2010-08-06 Thread Matt
I took some cheap black enamel spray paint and sprayed down an omni antenna. Thought was to perhaps keep ice off it in winter etc. Clients all seem to drop by about 5db. Is that normal? Matt WISPA Wants You! Join