[TowerTalk] Hornet Nest on the End of the Boom - How do you safely get rid of this?

[john at kk9a.com]

It's too bad that you use end caps on your boom, they would then be  
inside and out of sight.

I have a lot of wasps here in North Carolina, I saw dozens this  
evening when I came home from work. Their nests are frequently on my  
house or inside my antenna junction boxes. The wasps here are not  
aggressive unless provoked.

There are plenty of sprays that will work very quickly and can easily  
shoot the 12' from the tower however I would first check to make sure  
that they don't damage coax.

John KK9A


Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote:

This is a first at my station....  a large Hornet Nest on the end of  
the Boom of my lowest Hygain 105CA (5L 10 meter Yagi) on my 100’ Rohn  
45 tower.

The nest is located on the underside of the end of the boom (24’ long)  
and 1st director, which puts the nest about 12‘ from the center of the  
tower and 23’ above ground.

Does anyone have any experience successfully dealing with this  
situation?  I would appreciate learning how you killed the hornets and  
got rid of the nest without getting hurt or doing anything dangerous.

Tnx & 73

Bob KQ2M