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RE: Aerial Masts


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  • Subject: RE: Aerial Masts
  • From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:46:02 +0100
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THere's bound to be a linkup here to Keith's pizza topings :-)

M.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eamon O'Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 June 2001 21:25
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Aerial Masts
>
>
> A solution to the problem of dents due to falling birds would be
> to up the
> voltage a bit (or a lot). Funniest thing I ever saw was a very
> loud crow go
> very quite after shorting itself across high voltage lines on a
> pylon while
> on holiday in India (me, not the crow). There wasn't enough large
> pieces of
> the thing left to cause any dents..
>
> Eamon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert Chasmer [SMTP:robert.chasmer@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 12, 2001 1:22 PM
> To:	'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] Aerial Masts
>
> > Rob Chasmer Wrote:
> > > I have a problem or should I say the birds and pigeons have
> > > a problem.
> > > Every day they sit on the aerials attached to my house,
above
> > > the car and drop serious amounts of ....  I mean lots of it.
>
> Anders Frihagen wrote:
> > My favorite is to cellotape a row of drawingpins (with the
> > pointed end up) on top of the tubes of the aerial.  Unless you
> > have very tough birds (hawks for example..?) they will find
> > somewhere else to sit.
>
> This idea sounds promising.  I bit like what you see at tube stations.
> rows of pins on the lights and signs to stop birds landing on them.
> I'm not sure how workable it would be, or whether it would cause TV
> interference.
>
> Thanks for the other ideas everyone.  I think they may be a tad
> severe.  Birds muck is one thing, but dents due to falling birds
> is another.  Maybe the electrified idea would cause even more muck
> from the shock.
>
> Anyone have any bright ideas re: moving the aerial.  I was hoping
> to build something with say scafholding.  But maybe the weight would
> all be a bit much.  Apolologies for the Ascii Art :-)
>
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