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

[john at kk9a.com]

Since moving to North Carolina, I occasionally have the same wasp problem,
usually in late September and early October. Wasps swarm the tower on
certain days from the ground all the way to the top of my 150' tower. I
have climbed though them on a number of occasions and they are not
aggressive but they are annoying.

John KK9A


To:	w2lu at rochester.rr.com, n8cc at mei.net, towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [Towertalk] Caps (was: Hose Clamps)
From:	 N4KH Jim <n4kh at comcast.net>
Reply-to: N4KH Jim <n4kh at comcast.net>
Date:	 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:02:23 -0600

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