[TowerTalk] birds on the elements

[Mike Ryan]

I have seen rubber or plastic SNAKES on the tower, along an antenna boom for
instance, work better than owls. I cannot recall what size or color, but I
would bet somewhere on the net you could find info on what kinds of snakes
'like' birds and try to find something that looks like one of them.  -Mike

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 8:00 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] birds on the elements

I had a plastic owl on my mast and not a lot of birds. Lightning blew the
eyes out of 
it, and when I repaired the damage to the beam, I didn't put it back up.
About the 
same amount of birds.

I got mine at a hunter supply store.

Now for finding true north, it can't be beat.

73, Mike NF4L

On 2/19/2011 7:24 PM, W5JMW wrote:
> Hello to all.I am getting ready to put up a t-10.The weather is getting
about 
> right.I re-worked the tower about 3 months ago.I had a kma-5054 that I
re-built 
> after loosing 2 elements from birds.WELL,again missing 2 elements from
birds.They 
> gather on every inch of every element.It is really a sight to see.It is
comming 
> down next week.I will ga back with a 6 meter gp.I do not want the same
thing to 
> happen on the t-10.Does the owl work? where do you get them? what else
works to 
> keep birds away from the perch besides a shotgun,hi..  73 john
>
>

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