Jim

The Radom's we used in military were transparent to the radar
frequencies. You couldn't just take a can of Krylon and paint them. If
damaged, was a special way of repairing.

There must be data available on effect of glass, cloth and paints,
etc., on RF transmission/reception?

I haven't taken time for a Google search but might be something amoung
Radoms, RF attenuation, etc

Hughes Aircraft, who made the fighter radar I used, might have some
attenuation figures someplace if you can get to the right person.

Have a good Turkey day out there in the land of Fruits and Nuts G
..

Big John

Know you didn't start thread but others will read this post and thread
will go on and on and on...............

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:20:27 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:

Are you guessing on this, repeating an OWT, or do you have first hand hard data?

Jim



"Rob Turk"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-You may not want to do that. It works for COM but may not work for
-transponders. They work on pretty high frequencies (around 1000MHz) and it
-doesn't take much to shield such signals. The composit may not be a problem,
-but your paint or even wet conditions may stop the signal from getting out.
-
-Rob
-



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com