Roger,
Don't laugh too much, but some idiot let loose a few HUNDRED pigeons
near my house and one of my clueless neighbors started to feed them
(along with the a bumber crop of squirrels, racoons and rats) from
a HALF DOZEN GARBAGE CAN TOPS FULL OF FEED!
They perched on my Christmas tree consisting of an 11 element, 50 MHz Yagi, a
19 element, 432 MHz Yagi, two 17 element, 144 MHz Yagis, a 17 element, 222
Yagi and an omni gain vertical for 50/144/440 MHz with radials. Roger, they
even sat on the 20 inch radials! You wouldn't have believed the number of
birds on my antennas! Sometimes, one group on one end would fly away to FEED
and the antennas would tilt downward on the other! We are talking FAT BIRDS!
MANY FAT BIRDS! Get the picture?
The avian poop across three yards and driveways was so thick that my DARK BLUE
ISUZU TROOPER II WAS FULLY WHITE WITH BLACK DOTS. It looked like the urban
camo pattern that Army uses!
Finally another neighbor got this fool to stop the feeding and after it rained
a couple of times the Trooper started to become blue again!
73,
Gordon Beattie, N2DSY n2dsy@attmail.com +1.500.288.8896
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Hi Stu et al,
I love it. Thanks.
Do you think a PPR # (pigeon perch rating) would help sales? ie... PPR25
would indicate this element can survive 25 pigeons +/- 10% under no wind
conditions, of course? (No jumping allowed). Or, would you care to state
that it was PRC (pigeon repellent coated)? What about mole-proof?
Roger, K2JAS
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At 03:05 AM 6/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
>At 10:12 PM 6/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi Lee and the multitudes....
>>
>>"A Kelly's Blue Book on used elements"..... the thought boggles the mind.
>>Wow! The start of a new industry for the twentieth century. I can just see
>>the ads now.... "USED ANTENNA ELEMENTS....only slightly worn during
>----------------------------------------------------------
>.......the last Heard Island operation. Never used in a CQWW contest.
>BYOB = bring your own boom
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