Topband: Short receiving verticals question

[Carl]

Most of those birds and other winged predators have been seen or heard here 
and keep the rodents managable. I take care of some squirrels and chipmunks 
with .22 shorts in a rifle and a competition grade air rifle.

The white tail rats are everywhere since there are several apple and pear 
trees plus a 150 x 150 field of various berries to keep them happy year 
around. I clear cut that a few years ago and let the ground clutter under 
the trees get some sun...WOW!

We also have coyote, fox and fisher cats, plus a few bears to help with 
population control. There are still miles of undeveloped land abutting or 
close to me.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Short receiving verticals question


>
> > A possible answer might be here:
> >
> > http://www.legupenterprises.com/
>
> Doesn't faze the deer around here.  They come right up to the house and
> the fenced kennels and munch on whatever they like.  That stuff may do
> something with the small animals but the Eagle, Great Horned Owl, Red
> Tail Hawk and other birds of prey generally keep the rodents and small
> mammals in check.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 1/30/2014 1:42 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>>
>>> The biggest problem with the top hat is deer catching
>>> the wire/string and bending the element or some rodent
>>> eating the string.
>>
>> A possible answer might be here:
>>
>> http://www.legupenterprises.com/
>>
>> They sell predator urine which discourages animals from going near
>> the smell. My YL uses it to keep the squirrels out of her flowers and
>> it works extremely well. I just had my antenna wires clipped by a
>> rabbit over last weekend (saw the tracks in the snow) and I put some
>> coyote urine in a vial the company sells and have that at my radial
>> plate. I'm sure it'll work as well for keeping them away here as it
>> does in her garden.
>>
>> If it would have tried chewing the 160 Inv-L while I was working the
>> contest I might have had a nice supper.
>>
>> Gary
>> KA1J
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