"Somehow figure out how to mount a fake owl on top?" There are several fake owls in or near the tails of aircraft at my local airport. There seems to be just as much bird excrement on these aircraft and on those with no owls.
73, Andy, k3wyc ________________________________ From: Dave <rocke...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2020 7:19 AM To: Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Birds and DX Somehow figure out how to mount a fake owl on top? Dave wo2x Sent from my iPad > On Jun 7, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com> wrote: > > I use a home brew mag loop on 30 m band and work into Asia most mornings > with it. The loop tunes to a near perfect match (1.00:1 SWR) but becomes > instantly detuned when a dove perches on top of it. SWR jumps instantly to > > 3.0:1 and trips my High SWR monitor. The birds look stupid but they are > smart enough not to straddle the loop opening. I imagine full loop voltage > between their legs would de-tune them a bit but they just perch one side or > the other. > > Damn dove nearly cost me a QSO with JD1 this morning and that was new DX for > 30 m. I tail ended with FT8, he came back, I started to send my report, > High SWR trip, run to back door to chase the dove away, and got back before > JD1 had given up on me. > > So how to keep birds of a mag loop without lowing the Q? > > 73, > Andy k3wyc > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rocke...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
