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Re: [TowerTalk] birds on the elements

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] birds on the elements
From: Mike <nf4l@nf4l.com>
Reply-to: nf4l@nf4l.com
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:59:51 -0500
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I had a plastic owl on my mast and not a lot of birds. Lightning blew the eyes 
out of 
it, and when I repaired the damage to the beam, I didn't put it back up. About 
the 
same amount of birds.

I got mine at a hunter supply store.

Now for finding true north, it can't be beat.

73, Mike NF4L

On 2/19/2011 7:24 PM, W5JMW wrote:
> Hello to all.I am getting ready to put up a t-10.The weather is getting about 
> right.I re-worked the tower about 3 months ago.I had a kma-5054 that I 
> re-built 
> after loosing 2 elements from birds.WELL,again missing 2 elements from 
> birds.They 
> gather on every inch of every element.It is really a sight to see.It is 
> comming 
> down next week.I will ga back with a 6 meter gp.I do not want the same thing 
> to 
> happen on the t-10.Does the owl work? where do you get them? what else works 
> to 
> keep birds away from the perch besides a shotgun,hi..  73 john
>
>

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