¿ªÔÆÌåÓýCopper tape is one of the better ways to shield. Solderability is a feature you won¡¯t get with aqua-dag or silver-dag, and these paintable solutions are quite costly, meant more for small areas with difficult geometries. I prefer to not rely on the conductivity of the adhesives, but use solder bridges or wires to ensure continuity.?There is one aspect you need to think about and that is the possibility that you may end up creating a slot antenna inadvertently; two conductive layers that don¡¯t touch and connect properly leaving a long gap can be trouble. I learned this lesson while working on a 70cm linear and there was what seemed like a minimal gap between aluminum panels. The glow from a nearby fluorescent tube should have us in, but nobody thought that far ahead. A simple continuity test won¡¯t reveal the gap either. Finger stock is a ¡®must¡¯ for this kind of structure when panels are removable.? Before applying the tape, make sure that the surface is really clean. You can improve the rigidity of the tape layer by putting a piece of wire under the tape so as to form a small ridge in the tape when pressed down, which will reduce the tendency to buckle or curl up. Forming an X shape on the two diagonals will help to stop the corners from detaching on a larger flat segment.? Good luck with the shielding tasks, Roland AE6VL? On Feb 9, 2025, at 11:11?AM, jerry-KF6VB via groups.io <jerry@...> wrote:
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