[TowerTalk] birds on antennas

[Cqtestk4xs@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/30/05 8:46:21 AM Greenwich Standard Time, 
superberthaguy at adelphia.net writes:
As far as the wifes guano concern goes try this plan.  Most wives love
plants/flowers.  Guano is a great fertilizer.
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Since I really don't know, uh, crap about the subject, I've been told that in 
addition to being good fertilizer, guano is also acidic. This means that when 
deposited on a standard shingle roof it shortens the life of it.

The only experience I've had with a tower right next to the house was a 
hundred footer that the birds sat on.  That part of the roof was peppered with the 
droppings.  I did notice a faster loss of the granules on that part of the 
roof, but that is just one incident.  Since we live in thunderstorm alley in 
central FL, all my towers are far away from the house now, and the hawks can poop 
away to their hearts delight on my towers.  But, it sure is disgusting having 
to work on top of the tower.  The flat plates really allow the stuff to 
accumulate.

Bill K4XS