[Antennas] Roosting birds

[Doug Weaver]

Phil,

In my situation the plastic owl DOES NOT WORK. I mounted one on a stand-off 
several years back about 10 feet below my beams and it has never kept the 
birds away. In fact, I think on at least one occasion, I've seen a bird 
perched very close to the owl. I think I'd be better off removing the owl 
and hang a wire antenna from the stand-off!

Doug
KD8KX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Atchley" <beaconeer at sbcglobal.net>
To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:02 AM
Subject: [Antennas] Roosting birds


> Hi All,
>
> In the not too distant future I'm planning on installing a Cushcraft D3 
> (20, 15 & 10M) rotatable dipole.  Of course birds absolutely LOVE to sit 
> on antennas.  It must keep their little toes warm in the winter :-)
>
> I've even seen them SOMEHOW manage to hang onto the fairly steeply sloped 
> wires of my two Inverted Vees (half sized G5RV and 15M Inverted Vee's).
> Questions:
>
> 1.  Some of our birds are fairly large, pigeons, Jays etc.  Just how 
> sturdy is the Cushcraft D3 triband rotatable dipole?  Will it "hold up"?
>
> 2. Some back,  at Parker's (ACE) hardware I saw a gimmick for gardeners. 
> It was a life sized plastic owl to keep birds away.  I've heard of folks 
> putting these on their beams too!  Since there will be a short section of 
> PVC pipe ABOVE the dipole to hold a small active receiving whip, I would 
> "mount" a plastic owl there.  DO THEY DO ANY GOOD?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Phil, KO6BB
>
>
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