I live on a hill in the country where one can still practice ham radio
without interference from civilization. I used to see quite a few squirrels.
Although a12 gauge shotgun is instantaneously effective, the little buggers
breed like rats, er, squirrels. Since a feral cat I call Max (Short for
Hiram Percy Maxim, since he likes to nap on the S-Line.) has moved in, no
squirrels, skunks, raccoons, snakes, etc. Except for wild dogs, which I
shoot on sight, usually with a Weatherby 7mm08, with Max's approval, I might
add.
I vote for the cat option.
73
H.
NQ5H

"Brian Kelly" wrote in message
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"Stuart" wrote in message
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Antenna Group~

The squirrels here the my neighborhood have suddenly decided they like
to
eat my coax and control cables. They seem to be particularly attracted
to
the self-vulcanizing rubber used to seal the connections but they have
eaten
some coax cables as well. Anyone know of a cure for this problem?

You can "protect" your coax & control cables with an autoloading 105mm
howitzer but for every one of the little beasts you terminate two more
take it's place within minutes. Killing and/or trapping them is simply
an exercise in futility. I see two choices: Squirrels have strong
alergic reactions to cats. Big nasty young female cats preferably from
feral stock. And don't feed 'em too much. There's one possibility.

The other is to use coax and control cables which have
rodent-repelling jackets and sealants which tree rats don't like. For
the coax see

http://www.davisrf.com/ham1/coax.htm#buryflex

There are probably control cables with the same general type jackets.
Maybe tree rats don't like silicon sealants, I dunno. Check out

http://www.thewireman.com/products.html

No doubt both Steve at RF Davis and Pres at the Wireman have handled
the problem many times, give 'em a buzz, it's only phone calls, save
yourself from the goo and ammo expenses.

Thanks

Stuart, ki6qp

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