[BC] Pigeon VSWR

[cld@admin.umass.edu]

That is hilarious! Someone needs to develop a "Magna-feather" circuit- or 
something like that. 

CD

Quoting John Buffaloe <johnbuffaloe at yahoo.com>:

> I kid you not about this one.  Several years ago KSON-AM's Nautel was
> tripping off the air early one morning.  When I got to the site the VSWR
> light was coming on as the power would attempt to ramp back up and the
> transmitter would dump again.  I went out to take a look at the spider feed
> system on the shunt fed tower and there must have been 200 pigeons perched on
> the four feed wires going out to each leg.  I clapped my hands and yelled,
> the pigeons flew away and the VSWR alarm went out.  Pigeon VSWR.  Never
> happened again.
>  
> John Buffaloe
> I-55 expert and driving consultant
>