[TowerTalk] Questions on Low band receiving antennas in forests and wetlands along ridgelines and ravines.

[kq2m at kq2m.com]

Hi Steve,

Thank you for your reply and that information!

I recently bought Permethrin and a pump spray for that purpose.  I just 
haven't used it yet.  :-)
I need to sacrifice a few pairs of pants, shirts, socks, etc. Thanks for 
the suggestion on how to spray them - keeping them in the garage is a 
good idea.  LOL!

Tnx & 73

Bob, KQ2M

On 2021-12-08 17:55, Steve Jones wrote:
> Bob,
> I too have lots of deer ticks here in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  One 
> bite
> swells my leg up the size of a small melon.  During winter and spring I 
> wear
> garden clothes which I have sprayed with permethrin.  I use the Sawyer 
> brand
> pump spray.  It is deadly to ticks on contact.  Also deadly to cats and
> dogs, so keep your critters away when spraying it.  I hang the clothes
> (shirt, pants, sox, boots, hat) on a tree limb, spray them and when 
> dry,
> hang them in the garage.  When I wear these treated clothes playing 
> with
> wire antennas I get no tick bites!
> 73,
> Steve
> N6SJ
> 
> s
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
> kq2m at kq2m.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 5:19 AM
> To: sawyered at earthlink.net
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Questions on Low band receiving antennas in 
> forests
> and wetlands along ridgelines and ravines.
> 
> Hi Ed,
> 
> Thank you for that info.  My beverages, aka "Tree-catchers", worked 
> well in
> the past but they were excruciating to maintain constantly.  Then when 
> the
> Deer Tick population exploded about 20 years ago, it became hazardous.  
> I
> have been avoiding that ever since but realize that I may have no 
> choice
> except to reconsider.
> 
> 73
> 
> Bob, KQ2M
> 
> 
> On 2021-12-07 14:42, sawyered at earthlink.net wrote:
>> Bob,  I have a similar situation here.  I just run the beverage wire
>> approximately following the ground contour - however steep and
>> undulating - about 6 - 8 ft off of the ground.  My ground is thin
>> topsoil over ledge.
>> Beverages low poor ground conductivity.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Ed  N1UR
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Questions on Low band receiving antennas in
>> forests and wetlands along ridgelines and ravines.
>> 
>> Date: 2021-12-06 15:18
>> 
>> From: kq2m at kq2m.com <mailto:kq2m at kq2m.com>
>> 
>> To: john at kk9a.com <mailto:john at kk9a.com> , towetalk at contesting.com
>> <mailto:towetalk at contesting.com>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> TY Alan and John for that.  Unfortunately my ledge has little if any
>> ground conductivity and is extremely uneven with 45+ degree hills and
>> ridges and ravine dropoffs everywhere.  The only areas that are flat
>> enough are either on my neighbors lawns or my septic field or far too
>> close to my transmit antennas.  And none of that will work.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It's quite a challenge here!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bob, KQ2M
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