The primary annoyance here is the hornets circling the tower up to around
the 70-80' level. They dont appear aggressive but they are out in quantity.
Im sort of used to them but others are afraid to climb when they are around.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alek Petkovic" <vk6apk@bigpond.com>
To: "Randall, Randy" <Randy.Randall@healthall.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] WD-40 is not....
> Always keep a spray bottle filled with kerosene when working on or
> opening roofs in the summer. The kero kills the paper wasps instantly
> and it is cheap.
>
> Alek.
>
> PS: WD40 is a really excellent cleaning product. It gets anything off
> anything.
>
> At 05:15 AM 2/03/2010, Randall, Randy wrote:
>>Carb cleaner kills those little buggers on contact. My brand of
>>choice is MACs carb cleaner. You can get it at NAPA for about $2.50
>>a can. Works great as a carb cleaner too.
>>
>>Randy AB9GO
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
>>[mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Foster
>>Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 3:51 PM
>>To: amps@contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [Amps] WD-40 is not....
>>
>>Not paper wasps though-- so keep that one in mind. However, it can
>>only help when you dump diesel on them and then light them on fire
>>later that night after you got the $h*% stung out of you though.
>>
>>
>>(Ordinary raid and wasp and hornet spray also doesn't work-- I was
>>told they are also called properly something like 'Japanese
>>*something* wasps.' Normally they are not here and can't live here,
>>but sometimes crazy stuff comes in with the cargo ships-- thankfully
>>it pretty much all dies in the winter.)
>>
>>--Ryan w8cya
>>
>>(sry Jim, meant to send that to the group)
>>
>>On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Jim Carr <n7fcf@hctc.com> wrote:
>> > It does a great job on wasp's in an emergency if you squirt them with
>> > it.
>> > Jim
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