[TowerTalk] Bye Bye Deer

[Missouri Guy]

Maybe some bright yellow or red plastic tubing on
the loading wires like the power companies use on guy
wires?

Charlie, N0TT

On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:00:15 -0600 "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra at sasktel.net>
writes:
> Any suggestions on how to keep deer out of the yard and away from 
> the
> antennas?  Pesky animals are always snagging my top loading lines 
> and
> bending the vertical.
> 
> Doug
> 
> "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing."
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Plastic owls and rubber snakes work for some folks but are not 
> universally 
> successful.
> 
> Ultrasonic emissions have a much higher success record. Ultrasonic 
> waves are
> 
> easy to "beam" directionally which permits a ground or near ground 
> level 
> installation with the transducer(s) aimed up to where the birds like 
> to 
> perch.  Aiming the sound upward keeps from disturbing the dogs and 
> cats.
> 
> These devices are available COTS for relatively little money or 
> easily built
> 
> by the electronic savvy. Mine have lasted for many years and still 
> work 
> well.  Some of these devices offer choices on the type of output.  A 
> 
> randomly occurring warble tone similar to the "yelping style" public 
> safety 
> sirens (but of course in the ultrasonic spectrum) seems to work 
> best. Having
> 
> it come on at random intervals works best and keeps the birds from 
> getting 
> used to it.
> 
> Inexpensive "tweeters" of the horn variety work well, especially if 
> the 
> design lends itself to accepting a drain hole for water (well... it 
> is aimed
> 
> up) Alternatively an enclosure with a hard flat reflective surface 
> to aim 
> the beam upward will work.
> 
> I have used these for many years with great success, not only for 
> birds but 
> other pests as well when coupled with IR motion detector including 
> cats and 
> dogs who used to think my yard a public restroom and the odd skunk, 
> raccoon,
> 
> armadillo, or opossum.
> 
> Patrick AF5CK
> 
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