I saw a rooftop cell site install where they had cut rectangles out of the parapit sheetmetal and installed perforated plastic screens painted the same color as the wall. You could not see where the antennas were unless you were on the roof. Looked really good.
__________________________________ Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jim Patient Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:05 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] metal building install I don't think I can get away with painted antennas on this one. I might have to get some custom covers made or something. I'm checking with couple sign makers to see if they can come up with something. This is a fancy new building with $$$ just in art around it and they want it to look good. I can't get on the roof. There are beacon lights mounted directly on top of the parrapit wall and nothing can be higher than the beacons. I've seen all kinds of palmtennas, rocktennas, bushtennas, etc. and just thought maybe someone had done something like this before. I was kind of hoping that someone would come back with "Oh call Tom down at customdecorativeantennacovers.com" ;-) Jim os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: > Be real careful the paint is not metallic. You might want to spray > something microwave safe and put it in the microwave oven to see if it > gets hot or sparks for a test. You could end up losing a lot of db in > the paint. > > Greg > > On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:34 PM, 3-dB Networks wrote: > > >> I'm just trying to picture a brushed stainless steel wall... I don't >> know if I have seen a building like that before (at least one that >> wasn't super modern). >> >> The cheapest solution is going to be a silver colored spray paint... >> after >> that I can't think of anything good. >> >> Daniel White >> 3-dB Networks >> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >> On >> Behalf Of Jim Patient >> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:36 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] metal building install >> >> I don't have a picture handy. There isn't much to see though. It is >> just a plain stainless steel wall at the areas the antennas are going. >> >> Jim >> >> 3-dB Networks wrote: >> >>> Can you provide a picture of the building? >>> >>> Daniel White >>> 3-dB Networks >>> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- >>> boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jim Patient >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:00 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] metal building install >>> >>> We have a project to install 5GHz sectors on a large beautiful >>> building that has brushed stainless sheeting on the sides. The >>> antennas must be installed on the outside walls and cannot be higher >>> than the sides. >>> They want the antennas to be hidden or as non-obtrusive as possible. >>> Anyone got any ideas on how to cover, hide, or camouflage the >>> antennas? There will be 3 sectors on each side. >>> >>> If anyone has done something like this and would care to share >>> pictures, that would be great. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- >> >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- >> >>> ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- >> ---- >> >>> WISPA Wants You! 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