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Subject: preventing icing
Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: 14-Oct-2000 15:01:05
At 03:10 PM 10/14/00 EDT, k2qmf@juno.com wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>Insulation on wire will change its resonant length. Will this stuff do
>the same
>thing?? Food for thought...

I believe ( but don't know for sure) that the coating is thin enough so the
effect would be negligible, similar to painting antennas with Krylon spray.
I understand that this material was originally sold for military use in
the Arctic, so the answer should be well known and documented.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR

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