What about loading some small rubber pellets in shotgun shells, not big
enough to damage the antenna but enough to convince the birds not to
continue to come back. Might take some testing to fine tune.
73, Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "kb9yku" <kb9yku@myvine.com>
To: "W3TX" <superberthaguy@adelphia.net>; <ersmar@comcast.net>; "mryan001"
<mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Towers and Sea Birds
> At 10:31 PM 7/23/2006, W3TX wrote:
>
> >Mike,
> >
> >Here in NW PA orchards we have a device that is on a timer...I imagine
you
> >can set its interval. It goes "KaBoom" which tends to scare birds very
> >effectively. Not sure how it will work on Ernie, though.
>
> sounds like the ones used to run dear out of the cows eating field
> used to be carbide powered today i bet LP gas
> kb9yku
>
>
>
>
> >I've personally defaulted to tolerating the birds. The other day there
> >were over 200 purple martins up on the top 40m yagi.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
> >Scott W3TX
> >
> >
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