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December 25th 06, 11:12 PM
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Will covering an antenna with tape negate its effects?
Gald we got the 'simple answer'
 "Carter-k8vt" wrote in message news  dead of night wrote: Hi. In order to get my antenna to stay up outside, I have used heavy duty scotch tape to tape it high against the house. First of all, Scotch (tm) tape (even "heavy duty") is probably not the appropriate choice. Without more details of your circumstances, I don't think it will mechanically last in the wind/weather very long. If you need tape to hold up your antenna, it's time to think about some type of re-design. Will the antenna lose some of its effectiveness if parts of it are covered with this tape? The simple answer is "no". Tape on an antenna is no different than using insulated antenna wire, which works just fine. However, if you are taping it against a house (metal siding) or a tree, the OBJECT the antenna is taped to could be lossy (but not the tape per se). Again, time to seriously consider a re-design. Good luck! |
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