You bet they're nasty and strong! I sure hope you're not trying to
manhandle those critters by yourself?!
Google 'raccoon damage' and click Images at the top. Besides showing how
destructive they can be to property, there's several photos there of people
with their noses either partially or
Jim,
Oh that is terrible. I'm really sorry to hear about that and I'm
always afraid something like that's going to happen to me as my
antennas are right at the edge of a marsh and Woods. I only use wire
antennas strung up through the trees and several of the wires usually
get chewed in half
There are other repellants, also. I've used a nylon stocking full of human
hair, Liquid Fence (animal specific), and human urine. Details at
www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,100311.0.html
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Gary Smith g...@ka1j.com wrote:
There
Rodents chewed through a set of kevlar guy lines for my Spiderbeam 26m
vertical while I was out of town last week. Down came the vertical, which
broke into three pieces, and when the guy lines fell to the ground, the
rodents ruined them all. Looks like I'm off 160m for the winter. It will be
a big
Rodents and wildland fires are good reasons why the bottom section of
all guy wires should be steel, not synthetics.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 01/21/2015 08:05 AM, Jim Garland wrote:
Rodents chewed through a set of kevlar guy lines for my Spiderbeam 26m
vertical while I was out of town last week.
I am in the tedious process of covering all exposed coaxial lines with cheap
PVC black water flex pipe or tubing. It is only about $20 for 100 ft roll,
so it is a labor cost.
You might consider that as a rodent solution.
My damage issues come from raccoons. Got them on camera. I had been
