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Subject: [TowerTalk] Birds vs. antennas
From: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L. Martin)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 17:12:24 -0500
Is this it?

http://www.abcbirds.org/letter3.htm

I found it by typing "birds antenna guy wires" in the search
field of Yahoo.com.  This was the seventh of 263 hits from that
search.

73,
dale, kg5u


-----Original Message-----
From: K7LXC@aol.com <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>;
crb@nanoteq.com <crb@nanoteq.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:26 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Birds vs. antennas


>
>Greetings, TowerTalkians --
>
>      I got the following message from Chris, ZS6EZ. I remember
a letter from
>the Audobon Society or bird researcher about towers in bird
flightways but I
>don't have a copy of it. Can someone help Chris? (Fred's
probably got a copy
>of it.) Thanks to all for your help.
>
>      Goes to show that you can be fighting your neighbors
anywhere in the
>world when it comes to towers and antennas.
>
>Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
>
>>I have a favour to ask.  I need to get some quantitative
information on the
>>bird strike hazard for rotary aluminium antennas.  The ZS8
management
>>committee is refusing to allow ZS8D to erect his beam, because
they fear
>>that the poor birds will be decapitated.  They previously had
trouble with
>>wire antennas, but I cannot imagine any sane bird impaling
itself on a
>>tribander!
>>
>>Could you please let me know if you have a good source of info,
or put this
>>request on the Reflector?
>
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