Sid Wood wrote: >> My VHF antenna hiding under the turtle deck will work just fine without the Smooth-Prime metal shielding. Smooth-Prime goes on all my vinyl ester and other epoxy surfaces. <<
This reads to me as though you think Smooth Prime has some sort of "metal shielding" in its ingredients. While Smooth Prime made in the last few years DOES have some UV protection built into it (as do almost all modern paints and clearcoats), I've never heard from any source that it is metal based or will interfere in any way with radio transmission or reception. If I've misinterpreted your statement, my sincerest apologies, just wanted to make sure nobody got the impression that you can't use Smooth Prime over an antenna. It's metallic paint that will give antennas real problems. Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
