Try wire raps cut to leave about 1 inch protruding, maybe 2 or 3 inches apart.
Wouldn't RF burn keep them away? On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 10:54 AM Michael K Bottles via Elecraft < [email protected]> wrote: > Reflective sparkly tapes seem to keep birds off my boats. > Cheap to buy on Amazon. Search for “bird repellent”. > de K7IM > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 7, 2020, at 07:48, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Add upward pointing non-metallic pins along the top half of the loop. > > > > 73, and thanks, > > Dave (NK7Z) > > https://www.nk7z.net > > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > > ARRL Technical Specialist > > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources > > > >> On 6/7/20 7:15 AM, Andy Durbin 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:[email protected] > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
