[BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] cable damage

[Steve Katz]

Porcupines can chew through just about anything, since they have very sharp,
strong teeth.  I've caught them tearing open tin cans (previously sealed)
with their teeth -- no sweat for a porcupine.  They're also not easily
intimidated......WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert Shohet [SMTP:kq2m at earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Monday, November 10, 2003 1:40 PM
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	[BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] cable damage
> 
> Hi Craig,
> 
> > I'll bet porcupines are pbly your biggest problem Bob. They got in my
> truck
> > once and did over $1,000 in damage to hoses, belts, cables and other
> items
> > in my engine compartment.
> 
> That's incredible damage!  I never would have thought of porcupines,
> probably because
> I haven't seen one yet in the 9 1/2 years that I lived here.  But then I
> have never
> seen the Mountain Lion either, that has been photographed within 1 mile of
> where
> I live!
> 
> Although I have not had a problem with porcupines and my car, both my wife
> and I have
> had significant damage from Field Mice getting into our cars and chewing
> things up  - on a smaller
> scale than what you had.  They have also been able to get into the "sealed
> up" car from the
> outside and "colonize it".  That was pretty bizarre as was the disgusting
> clean-up on two occasions.
> 
> I have heard that dryer sheets keep them away (from the car) but I can't
> imagine that would work
> for cables outside.
> 
> 73
> Bob KQ2M
> 
> > Salts from the cable and your hands are one of the attractors.
> >
> > 73, Craig Clark, K1QX
> 
> 
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