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Subject: Da Birds
From: kb3aug@erols.com (Bill Hinkle)
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 21:57:04 +0000
Rich L. Boyd wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, AA7BG Matt Trott wrote:
> 
> > I know this MUST have come up before, but.......
> >
> > How do you all keep the pesky birds from whitewashing towers/antennas? I've
> > been having flocks of at least a hundred perching on guylines, antennas, and
> > the top plate of the tower. The guano was about an inch thick in a matter of
> > weeks!
> >
> > I put up a plastic crow and that helped for a while. A friend put a plastic
> > owl on his and it worked great for a month or so, but he looked out the
> > window at his tower last week and there was a bird perched on the top of the
> > owl!!
> >
> > Any other ideas? We don't get enough rain to rinse it all off.
> >
> > Sign me,
> >
> > Really Tworked in Montana
> >
> >
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> Haven't had that problem but hadn't gone to the top of either of the two
> towers in some months.  When I went up one and KO7V went up my other one
> we each found a dead bird at the bottom of each mast (inside it).  They
> apprently went in the top looking for a nest site or shelter for the
> night and couldn't get back out, eventually working their way to the
> bottom.  Guess it makes sense to cap the top of the mast.  I know I've
> seen caps made for pipe -- have seen some on other people's masts --
> wonder if jamming a tennis ball (or whatever is the right size) in the
> top is an appropriate solution.
> 
>  73 - Rich Boyd, KE3Q
> 
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Rich, Do what I did, use a rubber expandable freeze plug at the top.
You should be able to find one to fit. I necked the top of my mast down 
to fit the 2 meter antenna.
                                 73,Bill

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