[Antennas] Roosting birds

Mon Nov 14 01:02:40 EST 2005

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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