Thread: Painting ota antenna

I was wondering if anyone has ever painted their ota antenna and if it affected reception in any way.i want to paint it black.

Good question. My Neighboor hood association only allows ONE DISH or ANT, not both. Of course I am keeping the SAT dish up.

The FCC rules seem to confirm that they can restrict this to ONE as you are allowed ONE Ant per the FCC to get TV.

I would like to also paint mine black to hide it more. Maybe they won't notice and complain. I could get a small one and paint it.
The attic is not working out as it has all that aluminum causing multi path issues

I painted my stacked 8 bay clothes hanger with one good coat of gray primer spray paint to help protect it , still works fine , I think a heavy coat or latex paint could hurt things .

Originally Posted by ScottChez

Good question. My Neighboor hood association only allows ONE DISH or ANT, not both. Of course I am keeping the SAT dish up.

The FCC rules seem to confirm that they can restrict this to ONE as you are allowed ONE Ant per the FCC to get TV.

if its your own exclusive area there is NO LIMIT to the number of dishes or antennas you can put up. I have 3 dishes and 2 antennas up on my house and I'm in a HOA.
With dishes you're covered under 1 meter dishes
antennas can be no higher than 12 feet above roof line

Painting an OTA antenna should not effect performance.

Thanks guys!

Due to weather proofing by the antenna manufacturer the factory surface may have to be roughed up to get good paint adhesion. I would suggest contacting the manufacturer for their recommendations.

Originally Posted by ScottChez

Good question. My Neighboor hood association only allows ONE DISH or ANT, not both. Of course I am keeping the SAT dish up.

The FCC rules seem to confirm that they can restrict this to ONE as you are allowed ONE Ant per the FCC to get TV.

I would like to also paint mine black to hide it more. Maybe they won't notice and complain. I could get a small one and paint it.
The attic is not working out as it has all that aluminum causing multi path issues

So spot weld a bunch of them together. Electrically it would be "one" antenna.

Build a radome over it and tell them it's a house decoration

Seriously though there are UHF flat panel designs out there that have the antenna in a plastic box which could be painted the color of your house and no one would question it.