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Re: [TowerTalk] Canada geese

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Canada geese
From: terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net>
Reply-to: terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:35:23 -0800 (PST)
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Around here the grape farmers use noise makers to scare off the crows and other 
bird that sound like guns. Don't know how well they work though. It also makes 
living out in the country less enjoyable to the resonant. I would think some 
PVC to cover the exposed section of the RG6 might work and would go down into 
the ground half a foot or so. Big enough to maybe cover the connection to the 
verticals too (but I have never seen what those receive vertical connections 
are like). 

Back to stealth mode.

Terry
KI7M

> On February 15, 2018 at 6:59 AM W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have see a local park put up silhouettes of coyotes the move in the 
> wind.  I have never seen geese in that field.
> 
> Get a border collie and chase them off.
> 
> There are also sound making devices that make a small bang, which may or 
> may not be legal where you live this is used to scare off deer usually 
> but I think it would work for geese or anything else doing this damage.
> 
> W0MU
> 
> 
> On 2/13/2018 3:23 PM, Mark N2QT via TowerTalk wrote:
> > We live near a pond frequented by Canada geese. My 9 circle receive array 
> > has
> > antennas near the pond. The RG6 feedline has been chewed through on three of
> > these. The feedline is buried with only about 18 in. protruding to allow 
> > the connection
> > to the antenna,  and the exposed section was covered with half inch plastic 
> > split loom.
> > The split loom is abraded and pulled off the feedline when this occurs.  
> > Since this not
> > where squirrels are out, and the ground hogs appear to still be hibernating 
> > I think the
> > culprit is a goose.  The coax looks more like it is pulled apart than cut.
> >
> > Has anyone had a similar occurrence?
> >
> > I’m curious since my countermeasures would vary depending on the critter. 
> > (And no
> > I can’t shoot them, there are too many and they’re protected as migratory 
> > birds, even
> > though they never leave).
> >
> > Mark. N2QT
> >
> >
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