I am in the tedious process of covering all exposed coaxial lines with cheap
PVC black water flex pipe or tubing. It is only about $20 for 100 ft roll,
so it is a labor cost.
You might consider that as a rodent solution.
My damage issues come from raccoons. Got them on camera. I had been
exporting them down the road, but they are very nasty and strong and
difficult to handle, so now I just pipe-proof the cables. This works 100%,
and I also have to paint shiny boxes black so they quit trying to steal
them.
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From: "Jim Garland" <4cx250b@miamioh.edu>
To: <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:05 AM
Subject: Topband: No 160m contest for me this year
Rodents chewed through a set of kevlar guy lines for my Spiderbeam 26m
vertical while I was out of town last week. Down came the vertical, which
broke into three pieces, and when the guy lines fell to the ground, the
rodents ruined them all. Looks like I'm off 160m for the winter. It will
be
a big job to reinstall everything. Hope I can get replacement sections for
the broken Spiderbeam pole.
Jim W8ZR
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