> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>
> Over the last couple of days, two of my wire antennas were found
> mysteriously laying on the ground. The 3/16 Cable Xperts polyester rope
> had clearly been
> "chewed" through. The mystery might never have been solved if it weren't
> for
> being at one of the tower sites when a gray ground squirrel came bolting
> down the inside of the tower and ran into the woods with black fabric in
> its
> mouth. On another tower, I found a winch-load of the rope that had a
> significant
> amount of the black UV jacket chewed off.
>
> There is plenty of rope coiled on tower bases around the property. What
> would motivate them to climb 40 to 60 feet in the air to chew on the rope?
> After
> 8 years of absolutely never having a piece of this rope fail, I am curious
> if
> anyone else has seen their rope being scavenged for nesting materials?
>
> Tom Taormina, K5RC
Tom,
I use Mason's cord from Wal-Mart. I haven't had that problem and I have
lots of squirrels. I don't know why they like some and not others, but I am
at least grateful that they don't like my string.
Good luck
73
Buck
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