RE: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-15 Thread Dave White
I tried all sorts of things, starting with a plastic owl which worked for a while. You can get an audio bird-scarer and attachable rows of plastic spikes of the sort used on many railway stations and London Underground stations which are used to discourage the ubiquitous London pigeons. For

Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread HK3CW
Mark, Put up a vertical! Build a cat elevator, buy a shotgun, buy an amp, work longpath and try to work the stn again but shortpath, put a scarecrow at the end of the boom, put up a sign on the boom that says slippery when wet, get into falconry.. See there's plenty of methods! Now try

Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread Elsie Gerry
A friend put a plastic owl on his boom and that solved his problem. Available at Home Depot. Gerry VE6LB From: Mark Horowitz Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:24 PM To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Birds Does anyone have a fairly good method of keeping birds off Yagis?. I

Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread Barry
Didn't have a problem with the antennas, but a plastic owl worked for keeping them out of my blueberries. Moved it around every few days. Barry W2UP On 9/14/2011 3:24 PM, Mark Horowitz wrote: Does anyone have a fairly good method of keeping birds off Yagis?. I am constantly having

Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread Dave Gomberg
At 14:54 9/14/2011, HK3CW wrote: Mark, Put up a vertical! Build a cat elevator, buy a shotgun, buy an amp, work longpath and try to work the stn again but shortpath, put a scarecrow at the end of the boom, put up a sign on the boom that says slippery when wet, get into falconry.. See

RE: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread Peter W2IRT
: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Elsie Gerry Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:09 PM To: k...@hotmail.com; dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds A friend put a plastic owl on his boom and that solved his problem. Available at Home Depot. Gerry VE6LB

Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread Crownhaven
. Regards, Peter Dougherty, W2IRT *From:* kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] *On Behalf Of *Elsie Gerry *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:09 PM *To:* k...@hotmail.com; dx-chat@njdxa.org *Subject:* Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds A friend put a plastic

Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds

2011-09-14 Thread Todd Ruby
:* kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] *On Behalf Of *Elsie Gerry *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:09 PM *To:* k...@hotmail.com; dx-chat@njdxa.org *Subject:* Re: [DX-CHAT] Birds A friend put a plastic owl on his boom and that solved his problem. Available at Home Depot. Gerry