Can you paint a cb antenna

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No, create an account now. In fact when I asked my better half to go out in the backyard and find the antenna she initially had to scan our backyard trees for a full minute before finally noticing the top end sticking out of the tree. Is it possible to really make the antenna totally blend into the trees? Not perfectly because the straight lines of the antenna will always make it stand out to some extent..

In those cases you could try to match the color and trim of the house to blend the antenna into the siding. In this install I mounted the antenna in a tree with small branches that were fairly well spaced out but trees and branches can cause issues with reflect so before going out and strapping your antenna to the nearest tree make sure you test out the install and get some good SWR readings.

I had three different people email me this month with this question so hopefully this gives you some good ideas to use at home. Remember me Log in. Lost your password? For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Can you spray paint an antenna? Thread starter LukeB Start date Mar 16, Status Not open for further replies. LukeB Member. Joined Dec 14, Messages If I have a silver antenna, will spray painting it black for better disguise affect the signal and reception?

I must have had a typo in my search. I didnt see anything. Thanks for the heads up. TooLate Member. Joined May 3, Messages I just used plain ol' stealthy dull non-gloss primer black and noticed no "significant" real world signal reception loss.

Joined Feb 24, Messages 0 Location Virginia. Spray it I have heard no difference. Thread a while back mentioned metal based or metal flaked paint and other stuff. Regular spray paint in my opinion doesn't hurt it. ElectricFlyGuy Member. These metals can cause signal problems and throw the SW off a bit. LukeB said:. White is an eyesore unless the antenna is low and surrounded by white buildings. Black is great at night but stands out in the day.