[BC] Birds and towers

[Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW]

Interesting product. Has anyone tried using any of these devices? Could
they be the solution to the millions of tragic bird deaths around
towers?
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In 2006-2008 I was employed as a part-time engineer to assist with the
relocation/rebuild of the 1510 4-tower transmitter site here in the
Denver area. The new site was located on county owned property on the
edge of the urban/suburban interface and had a lot of wildlife on it.
The towers were not lighted. The county ordered some type of protection
against bird strikes to be included in the project. The guy "wires" were
entirely Phillystran with a black UV resistant cover. We incorporated
what I believe was a beta test version of the devices you mentioned.
Ours did not incorporate movement and I don't believe they glowed at
night. They simply had orange and yellow fluorescent material on each
side. They seemed to work well. With a lot of birds occupying the low
level air space we found no evidence of bird strikes in the antenna
field while I was there. And I frequently observed birds roosting on the
towers.

There are some photos of the devices at the 1510 installation on one of
my web pages. To view them go to http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ and
look for the link to the AM 1510 (KCKK) RELOCATION PROJECT.

Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO
Westminster CO
http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/
http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/