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Purplehaze
Junior Member
Username: Purplehaze
Post Number: 46
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 12:54 pm: | 
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Is it a plus or a minus to do this?.. it would keep oxidation down.. I know a guy who has a homemade copper antena, he done this to, and it seems to have had no effect good or bad on it... purp |
Ashtray
Junior Member
Username: Ashtray
Post Number: 27
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 1:58 pm: |
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I personally would never clearcoat any antenna. I have used either Noalox or Penetrox. They are both non-conductive, non-corrosive ant-seizing compounds for aluminum. You can clean and lightly coat the whole antenna with either of these and 20 years later it still should look and perform as new. |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 1002
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:47 pm: |
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It is an equal sign. |
Marconi
Intermediate Member
Username: Marconi
Post Number: 368
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:56 pm: |
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It won't hurt the function unless it gets into the contact points. So if you ever wanted to change anything the stuff may have to be removed. Plus you know how hard those hubs are already to move around on the boom. But over time even the oxidation will glue them things down pretty good, so go for it.
I don't consider oxidation a big problem in RF unless it gets into the conection points. The antenna needs good continuity, but RF is not fased by it at all otherwise. |
Timebomb
New member
Username: Timebomb
Post Number: 9
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 3:58 pm: |
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I clear coated my Antron with marine-grade spar varnish, and it seems to be holding up well. But the reason I did this is because the fiberglass was "shedding"...sorry, I don't know about coating an aluminum antenna. |
