Try a plastic Owl, Hawk, or other dummy predator mounted on the near the antenna, but in full view..
It too, may detune things a bit if mounted on it, but at least it'll be there all the time!... 73. Dave G0WBX. On 07/06/2020 18:29, [email protected] wrote: > From: Andy Durbin <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Birds and DX > Message-ID: > > <byapr16mb29683b43ef747c28f54394568c...@byapr16mb2968.namprd16.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I use a home brew mag loop on 30 m band and work into Asia most mornings with > it. The loop tunes to a near perfect match (1.00:1 SWR) but becomes > instantly detuned when a dove perches on top of it. SWR jumps instantly to > > 3.0:1 and trips my High SWR monitor. The birds look stupid but they are > smart enough not to straddle the loop opening. I imagine full loop voltage > between their legs would de-tune them a bit but they just perch one side or > the other. > > Damn dove nearly cost me a QSO with JD1 this morning and that was new DX for > 30 m. I tail ended with FT8, he came back, I started to send my report, > High SWR trip, run to back door to chase the dove away, and got back before > JD1 had given up on me. > > So how to keep birds of a mag loop without lowing the Q? > > 73, > Andy k3wyc -- Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software: ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
