W9JA Paul Hellenberg wrote:
>
> Hi Bill
>
> I know you hear very well. How do you keep people and Deer away from
> 1 meter High Beverages ?? I guess that would be my main concern.
>
> 73 Paul W9JA
I was planning to include an explanation about concerns of others
regarding this (but forgot until it was too late).
I'm located in Nebraska farm country. A high per centage of my
neighbors have devices looking exactly like my Beverages (electric
fences). Though using metal supports (rather than my fiberglass
poles) and rectangular shape (rather than my very straight line)
there is little difference seen by the casual observer. People (and
deer [and cattle and horses]) know that if they touch these wires
they'll get a good electrical jolt. Because of this I am unaware of
any of my Beverages having a broken wire due to the deer (which I often
see) breaking it (some as small as #22 copper wire) regardless of the
fact that they won't get zapped by my wire.
Here, electric fences are a part of life and can do a lot more than
just trip people...
73, Bill K0HA
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