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[Paul]

In message <007f01c29866$38586b00$108a87d9 at jdpentium>, John Dunnington 
<g3lzq at john-dunnington.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Following this thread of anti-bird devices...
>I used for several years a "Plastic Owl" perched on top of my tower (highest
>point) this did two things:
>It kept the antenna clean  but more important it avoided the bird *** being
>sprayed around the lawn and garden paths so the XYL was happy.
>
>One word of warning if you live in an area frequented by other birds of prey
>(feathered) they will at sometime decide the intruder must go and attack it
>by "swooping and dive bombing". Once they realise it wont move all will be
>well and peace reigns.
>
>I later upgraded to a model which had auto-wing flapping in the breeze to
>make it more authentic.
>
>I purchased mine from a local "Sporting Gun Shop"
>
>Cheers John  G3LZQ
>


At one or two "rural" locations we have used recordings of distressed 
birds. These are played periodically at fairly quiet audio levels. This 
seems to work well and there is no additional wind loading on the tower.

Exactly how you get a bird distressed... I will leave to your 
imagination :-)

Regards

-- 
Paul GW8IZR  IO73TI
http://www.gw8izr.com