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additional protection for the antenna wires

 

Anyone have any suggestion to what to coat the Dacron for the antenna wires and ice cords?
thanks
N2AIE
 

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I suspect that any coating will degrade before the Dacron will.

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Gene

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Vince Loschiavo
Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2023 9:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [hexbeam] additional protection for the antenna wires

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Anyone have any suggestion to what to coat the Dacron for the antenna wires and ice cords?
thanks
N2AIE

 

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I don’t have ice cords, but my KIO hex beam has been baking in the Arizona sun for over 7 years and the wires are still fine.?

73,
K5ML

On Jun 3, 2023, at 7:13 PM, Vince Loschiavo <vince320@...> wrote:

Anyone have any suggestion to what to coat the Dacron for the antenna wires and ice cords?
thanks
N2AIE

 

My K4KIO has been up 10+ years and no issues with the dacron cords or wires.? I painted the fiberglass spreaders flat black to make them stealthy against the HOA cops and now the paint is flaking off.? It sits in hot sun and light to heavy rain plus several hurricane near misses.
 

I know this is an old thread, but I am wondering if black paint is the best color for stealth against a blue/gray sky and there are no trees in the area.
 

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I find the gray natural color works best, o went to black and the gray did not stand out to much for me?


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Alan

On Apr 1, 2025, at 20:20, Bill Hegardt <bill@...> wrote:

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I know this is an old thread, but I am wondering if black paint is the best color for stealth against a blue/gray sky and there are no trees in the area.
 

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I painted mine brown the only reason for paint was to protect the spreaders from the uv rays breaking down the fiberglass.?

Scott
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan Brown via groups.io <va3aqb@...>
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 5:41 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [hexbeam] additional protection for the antenna wires
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I find the gray natural color works best, o went to black and the gray did not stand out to much for me?


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Alan

On Apr 1, 2025, at 20:20, Bill Hegardt <bill@...> wrote:

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I know this is an old thread, but I am wondering if black paint is the best color for stealth against a blue/gray sky and there are no trees in the area.
 

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My KIO Hex has been baking in the smoking hot Arizona sun since May 14, 2016. I followed Leo’s guidelines for painting the spreaders. ?

Bought a combination of paint and primer from Home Depot and painted the poles with single coat before assembling the beam. I chose a flat green color. It’s been almost 9 years and I’ve had no problems with the spreaders. You can see a pic of it on my ?page.

73,

Mickey, K5ML

On Apr 1, 2025, at 7:22?PM, Scott McDonald via groups.io <j.scottmcdonald@...> wrote:

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