[TowerTalk] Upgraded Plastic Owl

[Mike DeChristopher]

My neighbor has 90' up, loaded with VHF stuff up top.  For whatever
reason, the birds like his antennas more than mine, but they seem to aim
for the antennas with more [smaller] elements.  He has a beam for 440 that
is just about useless now; every so often I find elements while mowing the
lawn from the birds.  3 and 4ele stuff here (and even a 13ele 2m) don't
seem to get much bird traffic, and neither does his skyhawk.  I guess
thats the neighborhood 90' 25g "upgraded plastic owl".

-- 
Mike DeChristopher, K1KAA
http://www.k1kaa.net
AR-Cluster node telnet://dx.413ma.org



> Hello all!
>
> Last fall, we had ELEVEN turkey vultures that were
> perched on my stack of yagis on my 76' tower. These
> birds are very large; their wing spans can exceed 6'
> from tip to tip.
>
> My little CushCraft A3-WS didn't like having the birds
> sitting on the elements, though. The reflector was
> moved out of position, due to the weight of a couple of
> my feathered friends perched on the element.
>
> I don't try to keep any birds off of my antennas. In
> addition to the turkey vultures, we are regularly visited
> by red-tailed hawks, who especially seem to like being
> on the antenna on my 130' tower.
>
> 73 de Brad, N9EN @ Radio Free Roscoe (IL)[tm]
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