Hello All,
My relationship with our local seagull flock is deteriorating. They've
decided my radar antenna (mounted on a short post right at the stern)
is the best place around to digest and dispose. I spend half an hour
scrubbing boat every time I want to go sailing and I think I'm losing
ground. Last Saturday when I paddled up to the boat the resident
pooper wouldn't leave til I waved the paddle right in his face. Then
he pooped as he left. . .yuck. I've considered mayhem, but gunfire in
the harbor would be really antisocial, and anyway, there must be ten
thousand of them. . .it could get to be a long process. I've looked on
the internet and found "bird spikes". . .stainless steel needles set in
a plastic base that would glue to the radome, but I'm worried about
wrecking the radar's workability with all that stainless steel. . .and
I've considered putting one of those conical plastic pile-top caps over
the dome (I could take it off easily before leaving) and I spotted
something called a "bird umbrella" that might work. Anybody have any
specific successes?
Thanks in advance.
Ken Preston
My relationship with our local seagull flock is deteriorating. They've
decided my radar antenna (mounted on a short post right at the stern)
is the best place around to digest and dispose. I spend half an hour
scrubbing boat every time I want to go sailing and I think I'm losing
ground. Last Saturday when I paddled up to the boat the resident
pooper wouldn't leave til I waved the paddle right in his face. Then
he pooped as he left. . .yuck. I've considered mayhem, but gunfire in
the harbor would be really antisocial, and anyway, there must be ten
thousand of them. . .it could get to be a long process. I've looked on
the internet and found "bird spikes". . .stainless steel needles set in
a plastic base that would glue to the radome, but I'm worried about
wrecking the radar's workability with all that stainless steel. . .and
I've considered putting one of those conical plastic pile-top caps over
the dome (I could take it off easily before leaving) and I spotted
something called a "bird umbrella" that might work. Anybody have any
specific successes?
Thanks in advance.
Ken Preston