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Barakuda318
| | Posted on Sunday, April 07, 2002 - 11:24 pm: | 
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If a person was to wrap the Antron 99 with black tape to prevent the fiberglass from further chaffing off, would this hurt the output or swr's of the antenna, or should this not be done? Just curiouse cause my cousin has one that is done that way and he said that his swr's are 1.4 to 1.6 throughout the band, and says that he gets out just fine, would like to know. thanx
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Taz
| | Posted on Monday, April 08, 2002 - 2:11 am: |
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spraypaint is good. |
Hell458
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 1:10 am: |
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i sprayed my A99 w/high gloss white paint in looks brand new.my swr are flat .did i mention it's 10 years old.no more fiberglass on my hand. |
Taz
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 9:57 am: |
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thats right and you can do it to the imax2000 and all other fiberglass antennas |
Barakuda318
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 12:39 pm: |
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cool I was just curious about it, I have one now that I wropped with the tape and everything checks out very good on it now, thanx for the input, now what about power handiling? any inputs of the right amount of power to run through the antron would be great. |
Taz
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 2:00 am: |
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no more than 2000 watts pep. |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 11:34 am: |
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Yes you can wrap the A99 but use high temp high grade black tape |
Barakuda318
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 8:52 pm: |
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Thats great I doubt that I will ever be able to run that much power becuase i don't have that kind of money at the time but its just nice to know that right now 4 watts wont hurt it none lol thanx for the input guys have a good one, I wraped mine with the tape then clear coated over that so it should last a long time that way thanx again,
73's |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 8:41 pm: |
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how much tape you use there barakuda? |
Barakuda318
| | Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2002 - 12:42 am: |
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it took about 2 rolls of high grade electrician, electrical tape, I made sure it was wrapped very good then I clear coated it, whats nice is it gave the antenna a new look shiny and black.. very very slick Fiberglass sure it He// on the hands though but now I don't have to worry about it..... it works great swr's are about 1.2 to 1.4 throughout the band.. reg 40 channels.....
73's |
Pcovington
| | Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 5:24 pm: |
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I painted an Antron 99 that was flaking badly with blue marine paint. That was 6 years ago and the antenna is still in use at my friend's house.
Phil |
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