RE: Aerial Masts

["Ian B" <I.Bird@xxxxxxx>]

Ok then guys, much as I know you enjoy electrocuting, shooting and
otherwise
torturing the local bird population (even if they do deserve it) here is
your answer. Attach some short uprights to the aerial and tie fishing line
between them. This will stop all the birds landing on you aerial except the
short sighted ones which will crash.

Have fun and don't fall off the roof doing it

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 June 2001 23:54
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Aerial Masts


Just had a thought, why not tie a cat up there.....

or

Do you remember the link to the spud-gun site? hmmmmm

Night night.


B.

> -----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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