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Re: [TowerTalk] Hornet Nest on the End of the Boom - How do you safely g

To: Ron WV4P <wv4ptn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hornet Nest on the End of the Boom - How do you safely get rid of this?
From: john nistico <electric911inc@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:35:03 +0000
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I had this at the Staten Island station. We  prayed at night with an industrial 
hornet spray and used a pellet gun to dismantle the nest

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> On Jul 25, 2019, at 4:55 PM, Ron WV4P <wv4ptn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Several brands of Spray Cans that claim 30' distance. Maybe a couple of
> them an hour apart, AT Night ! Ron, WV4P
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 3:51 PM Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This is a first at my station....  a large Hornet Nest on the end of the
>> Boom of my lowest Hygain 105CA (5L 10 meter Yagi) on my 100’ Rohn 45 tower.
>> 
>> The nest is located on the underside of the end of the boom (24’ long) and
>> 1st director, which puts the nest about 12‘ from the center of the tower
>> and 23’ above ground.
>> 
>> Does anyone have any experience successfully dealing with this situation?
>> I would appreciate learning how you killed the hornets and got rid of the
>> nest without getting hurt or doing anything dangerous.
>> 
>> Tnx & 73
>> 
>> Bob KQ2M
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