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Re: Topband: Why do rodents eat coax?

To: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>, topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Why do rodents eat coax?
From: "Dave Blaschke, w5un" <w5un@wt.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:06:06 +0000
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Same here.

W5UN

On 11/10/2015 1:00 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
I use Phyllistran guy wires here but never run them to the ground as a simple brush fire could bring your towers down. Always have at least a 3O foot steel guy wire for the last section so you guys will survive. If you have the unusual situation where some rodents will try to climb the guys just put a large funnel on the wire backward so they can't ever pass that.

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 11/9/2015 8:24 PM, Merv Schweigert wrote:
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thinking they would not eat teflon,  it lasted a few days and was chewed
In pieces,   Coax the same,
Latest I found is my phyllistran guy wires are all chewed near the bottom,
herds of deer are the problem with that,  anything on the ground is done
away with by mongoose.
I have found no solution, only sunny part is the deer keep me in steaks and
burger all year round,   mongoose is good for nothing.
Merv K9FD/KH6



I can't afford to spend $150 each time an animal feasts on it. I need to do something different! Incidentally, the beverage still has great directivity, but signals are very weak with the bad cable. It is barely useable now as a result. 73 Dave K1WHS
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