[TowerTalk] [Towertalk] Caps (was: Hose Clamps)

[Bill]

Use WD-40 as an alternative for waspspray. They come in small cans.
Bill Marx W2CQ


On 2/3/2013 11:02 PM, N4KH Jim wrote:
> Oh man i hate wasp. I mean hate them. I had a pretty good swarm of several at the top of my 40ft tower this fall while I was up there but for fortunately I did not get stung. There was no nest they just seemed to be attracted to the antennas that day for some reason.  There was 1 or 2 that wanted to light on the rotor right in front of me. I finally got my son to send up a can of wasp spray and i ran them off. They seem to get kinda crazy in the fall and start doing strange things like that, must be something to do with winter approaching. Ive been looking for a miniture can of spray to keep in my tower bag for such times but havent seen any for sale anywhere.
> Jim
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Gene Fuller <w2lu at rochester.rr.com>
> Date:
> To: n8cc at mei.net,towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [Towertalk] Caps (was: Hose Clamps)
>   
> I don't know how high wasps will go, but a few years ago on my way up I
> didn't realize had just past a nest tucked in on an inside corner of the
> tower at about 40 feet. Since I was moving right along I was at 45 to 50
> feet before they caught up with me and I got four or five stings. Since I
> was by that time well past the nest, and the wasps had gone home,  I
> continued to the top (@ 100 feet) and did my work while harboring the
> unpleasant contemplation of having to return back down past the nest. So I
> tucked my pants into my socks buttoned up my shirt as tight as possible and
> proceeded down being sure not to slow down near the nest. Made it down with
> no additional stings. I am fortunate that stings don't have much effect on
> me - only five or ten minutes of  moderate pain, whereas some might perish
> from a few. At any rate  it showed to my satisfaction that they will nest at
> at least 50 feet, although I have never had any signs of them at 100 feet.
>
> Gene / W2LU
>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:21 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] [Towertalk] Caps (was: Hose Clamps)
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>
> ***Comments below
> Are bugs and spiders in elements a problem
> for you? I am not an entomologist, but with the exception of
> wasps, most of the bugs and spiders that I see are closer to the
> ground. I think that you are more likely to have them inside
> your PVC furnace exhaust which is not covered at all and would cause
> a serious malfunction if blocked. Even if they were inside
> your tubing, I think that a spider would be less harmful to your
> antenna than an element full of water.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> ***I'm not an entomologist, and I didn't even stay at a
> Holiday Inn Express last night.
> Amazingly, I
> have TWO friends who have trapped multiband antennas at heights
> of 80
> and 110 feet who had their traps PACKED with dead bugs
> and their nesting materials.
> I wouldn't have believed it if I
> hadn't seen it myself. I actually helped put up one of
> them,
> so I know for sure it was clean at the time of
> installation. Little devils are relentless!
>
> Also, even without the bugs, HyGain recommended poly rope in the
> elements as a
> vibration dampening measure. A little
> bit of the poly is frayed out and folded around
> the
> element end, and held in place by the end cap. At least for as
> long as the end
> cap lasts! Right now I have a
> couple of antennas with a few inches of rope dangling
> from the
> element ends. Unsightly....
>
> Jeff - N8CC
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