[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 131, Issue 35

[Mike Fahmie]

I'm wondering if the supersonic squawker devices that are purported to repel 4 legged vermin might work for birds too.

-mike-


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> From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
>To: Tower Talk <towertalk at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:01 AM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 131, Issue 35
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>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.
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>73, Dick, W1KSZ
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>On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Larry Stowell <lclarks at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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>> 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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