Curious that crow-problems crop up now and then. I've never used CF to
clear 'em, but I've never seen a crow land on my wire antennas. Did have a
few land on the beams and sidearms. I'm somewhat of a birdwatcher- I point
the eyeglass up there to see what variety of bird they are, but for some
reason, the crows all die of small, but rapid doses of lead-poisoning.
Curious, because the owl that roosts on the sidearm, and the hawk that
occasionally perches on the big Telrex has never had that problem... must
be a dietary thing?
DK :-)
At 10:07 AM 01/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Yea Al. My buddy K1WGM told me that in the late fall, he put bright red CF
>on his inverted vee wires and the crows slide UP the wires!! Did you observe
>that also?? (BTW, bright red CF is the only CF that doesn't freeze in the NE
>winters.)
>
>Tom/W4BQF
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scanandoah, Alan [mailto:ascanand@harris.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:50 AM
>To: 'Alderman, Chester'; tentec@contesting.com
>Subject: RE: [TenTec] Crows on antenna wire
>
>I have found that here in upstate NY, especially during the winter, a
>liberal
>amount of CF on the antenna will keep it slick enough to keep the crows from
>spending any time on the wire. Having an inverted vee doesn't hurt none,
>either.
>
>Al, K2ZN
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73's from KW0D Dave in LeClaire, Iowa
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