The 4 legged critters are going to be the least of your worries out there.
If your cat comes up missing it might be in a stew pot.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick, W1KSZ" <w1ksz@earthlink.net>
To: <k3lr@k3lr.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Craig Clark" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CRITTERS AND CABLES
>I can loan out my cat, he has a gourmet taste, only likes sweetbreads.
> First time I saw a squirrel minus the top of his head it looked like
> an outake from a slasher film.
> But the squirrel population is kept in check.
> He's going to have a ball with the Ground Squirrels in Tucson, as long
> as some Coyote doesn't get him first.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> Tim Duffy K3LR wrote:
>> It was suggested on this reflector several years ago that critters do not
>> like
>> moth balls. So I put my coax that would lay on top of the ground in a box
>> with
>> moth balls for about a week before spreading it out. I have had no
>> critter
>> issues since adopting this method with my "temporary" 1000 ft run of RG8X
>> cable
>> 4 years ago.
>>
>> 73!
>> Tim K3LR
>>
>> Craig Clark wrote:
>>
>>> For those of us living in areas with chewing critters, I'm not sure
>>> there is much you can do. It has been opined that it could be due to
>>> salts from manufacture or handling that the animals are attracted to
>>> the cable but that is not the issue. In speaking to one of the
>>> plastic engineers, he made an analogy why would a horse chew a wood
>>> railing when there is lush grass near by? Becuz they are stupid
>>> animals I asked. Bingo he said.
>>>
>>> The best way to protect your cable run is to put it in to conduit.
>>> One customer bought hundreds of feet of gray plastic conduit to run
>>> his 213 as the critters in his neighborhood had already eaten several
>>> runs of cable.
>>>
>>> Application of moth balls might help as possibly would a pepper
>>> solution.
>>>
>>> Over my 30 years in the woods of NH, I have lost several runs of coax
>>> and control lines and have chalked it up to the cost of doing
>>> business. I do have runs of flooded LMR600 and RG6 and they have done
>>> well for me.
>>>
>>> I also had a break from my son and his chain saw when he was cutting
>>> cord wood. Not much I could do about him.
>>>
>>> Largest direct burial rotor cable we sell is 14/18 which should work
>>> on pretty long runs.
>>>
>>> 73, Craig Clark, K1QX
>>>
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