[TowerTalk] Grass and Critters in Traps

[Lee Buller]

It is surprising what critters will do to traps up in the air 70 or 80 feet.  I agree, I have seen grass and critters in my TH7DXX traps over the years and the SWR went to pot when it got wet.  Dried out...everything was find.  Holes were down.  It is hard to stop critters.  I've even used mothballs to keep critters out, but they do not last long.  I was going to put Tobasco in the traps too, but took down the antenna at put up a Force12.

The scariest things I found in traps is wasps.  You are dangling up there at 70 feet and all of a sudden there are 100 wasp dive bombing you .... and you have do place to go except down.  Not good.

I started carrying wasp spray and giving all the traps a good dose before I started working with the elements.  Hard to do on the end traps.  They also like to nest in the mast and come boiling out of there when you are on the tower.

I learned how to come down the tower real fast.....

Scared me spitless.

Lee - K0WA


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