[Antennas] Roosting birds

Mon Nov 14 18:19:27 EST 2005

Phil,
In my situation the plastic owl DOES NOT WORK. I mounted one on a stand-off 
several years back about 10 feet below my beams and it has never kept the 
birds away. In fact, I think on at least one occasion, I've seen a bird 
perched very close to the owl. I think I'd be better off removing the owl 
and hang a wire antenna from the stand-off!
Doug
KD8KX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Atchley" <beaconeer at sbcglobal.net>
To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:02 AM
Subject: [Antennas] Roosting birds
> 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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