What if you were to make some sort of box to fit over them out of plastic
then cover it with Mylar mirroized film like on those chrome looking
balloons or window tint? If that will be too reflective you might still
consider painting a plastic box. I would not use a solid color however. You
could wait until the building is finished then look at your mounting points
from the ground and see the subtle differences in colors on the metal near
those points and paint to match. Kind of like how they can paint something
in a picture but it looks like chrome.



Thank You,
Brian Webster

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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on
Behalf Of Jim Patient
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] metal building install


I don't think I can get away with painted antennas on this one.  I might
have to get some custom covers made or something.  I'm checking with
couple sign makers to see if they can come up with something.  This is a
fancy new building with $$$ just in art around it and they want it to
look good.  I can't get on the roof.  There are beacon lights mounted
directly on top of the parrapit wall and nothing can be higher than the
beacons.

I've seen all kinds of palmtennas, rocktennas, bushtennas, etc. and just
thought maybe someone had done something like this before.
I was kind of hoping that someone would come back with "Oh call Tom down
at customdecorativeantennacovers.com" ;-)

Jim

os10ru...@gmail.com wrote:
> Be real careful the paint is not metallic. You might want to spray
> something microwave safe and put it in the microwave oven to see if it
> gets hot or sparks for a test. You could end up losing a lot of db in
> the paint.
>
> Greg
>
> On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:34 PM, 3-dB Networks wrote:
>
>
>> I'm just trying to picture a brushed stainless steel wall... I don't
>> know if
>> I have seen a building like that before (at least one that wasn't
>> super
>> modern).
>>
>> The cheapest solution is going to be a silver colored spray paint...
>> after
>> that I can't think of anything good.
>>
>> Daniel White
>> 3-dB Networks
>> http://www.3dbnetworks.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Jim Patient
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:36 PM
>> To: WISPA General List
>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] metal building install
>>
>> I don't have a picture handy.  There isn't much to see though.  It is
>> just a plain stainless steel wall at the areas the antennas are going.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> 3-dB Networks wrote:
>>
>>> Can you provide a picture of the building?
>>>
>>> Daniel White
>>> 3-dB Networks
>>> http://www.3dbnetworks.com
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-
>>> boun...@wispa.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Jim Patient
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:00 PM
>>> To: WISPA General List
>>> Subject: [WISPA] metal building install
>>>
>>> We have a project to install 5GHz sectors on a large beautiful
>>> building
>>> that has brushed stainless sheeting on the sides.  The antennas
>>> must be
>>> installed on the outside walls and cannot be higher than the sides.
>>> They want the antennas to be hidden or as non-obtrusive as possible.
>>> Anyone got any ideas on how to cover, hide, or camouflage  the
>>> antennas?  There will be 3 sectors on each side.
>>>
>>> If anyone has done something like this and would care to share
>>> pictures,
>>> that would be great.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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