You should only use that spray paint that is made for plastic. It's invisible to RF. The others have mineral pigments in it. Black is normally iron oxide, I believe. Which means, you stuck your antenna inside a metal pipe. :)
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-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 winter etc. Clients all seem to drop by about 5db. Is that normal? Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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! 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/
