[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 131, Issue 35

[Richard Solomon]

My friend has a SteppIR on a Tilt Plate. When the big birds land
on an element, they get very confused as the antenna starts to tilt !!

The Hawks though do keep the smaller birds at bay.

73, Dick, W1KSZ


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Larry Stowell <lclarks at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>
>
> I have the turkey buzzard problem except mine like the ride, never move
> when the antenna is moving( they don't have to turn there heads for a 360
> view).
>
> The leaves are off the tall oak close to the tower so now maybe they will
> go back to it. It's taller than the tower. They don't roost if the tower is
> cranked down.
>
> I'll be bringing it down and tilt it over and pressure wash the booms
> (Tennadyne T-8).
>
> 73 Larry K1ZW
>
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:19:28 -0500 (EST)
> From: jcjacobsen at q.com
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Birds n towers
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>>
> Don't mess with Mother Nature.
>
> 73
> K9WN Jake
>
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> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:46:18 -0600
> From: GARY HUBER <glhuber at msn.com>
> To: "TT TowerTalk" <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Birds n towers
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> I never found a good solution to roosting birds except turning the beam
> frequently to get the turkey buzzards to leave just as soon as they started
> using the TH-7 boom and driven element. 1 KW CW on 20 M may have also
> helped.  I also had several Great Gray owls using the TH-7 at 50' at night,
> leaving small animal carcasses and the pellets of owl dung at the tower
> base.  When I recently took the the TH-7 and Rohn 45-G down after
> twenty-seven years in the air, the corrosive effects of bird dung was
> evident;  stainless steel was corroded and galvanized steel was etched and
> beginning to rust.  Red tailed hawks do keep the other birds away and may
> have the least negative impact on your aerial equipment as a result.
>
>
> 73 ES DX,
> Gary -- AB9M
>
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