[wxqc] Re Wasp Nests

[Hanford R Wright]

Not if the belt is mounted on the outside of the cylinder.  You can use
other materials to make the bird repellor. The rain gage that I made my
first one for was a standard NWS rain gage at a weather station I used to
work at.  The rain gage that I have now is a Peet Bros Pro which is smaller
and shaped different.

-----Original Message-----
From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
[mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Victor Engel
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:00
To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
Subject: Re: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests


OK. I've used one but didn't know what it was called. How do you
manage to keep it from extending past the rim of the collector? Seems
that would skew the measurement from splashing from the belt.

On 6/4/07, Hanford R Wright <joh69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> It is a belt that is part of the combat soldiers equipment you can hook
your
> canteen first aid kit etc to this belt.  Any cloth belt would work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Victor Engel
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:45
> To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
> Subject: Re: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests
>
>
> What is a web belt? I'm having trouble picturing your rig.
>
> On 6/4/07, Hanford R Wright <joh69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Thomas
> > What I did to keep birds from using my rain gage as a crapper I took a
old
> > web belt and threaded nails about 1 inch a part then riveted it together
> so
> > that it would fit snuggly on the rain gage.
> >
> > 73's
> > Hanford Wright WA4LZC
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> > [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Thomas
> > Giella KN4LF
> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:47
> > To: a WXQC e-List
> > Subject: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests
> >
> >
> > I had the problem with wasps in the rain gauge of my VP2 and added one
> moth
> > ball as suggested by Steve and that did the trick. However I'm still
> trying
> > to fend off the local bird population that uses the rain gauge funnel as
a
> > community bathroom. I have to clean the funnel every day!
> >
> > Take Care,
> > Thomas Giella, KN4LF
> > Retired Meteorologist
> > Lakeland, FL, USA
> > kn4lf at earthlink.net
> >
> > Lakeland, Florida Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive:
> > http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf22.htm
> > Lakeland, Florida Real Time Weather Observations:
> > http://www.kn4lf.com/index1.html
> > Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted:
> > http://www.kn4lf.com/globalwarminglie.htm
> > FL & US Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links:
> > http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf13.htm
> > New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God:
> > http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.htm
> >
> > From: "Steve Hatchett" <steve at softwx.com>
> > Subject: Re: [wxqc] Req for suggestions - wasps and rain gauges
> > To: <pat at sklenar.info>, "'Discussion of weather data quality issues'"
> > <wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net>
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> >
> > You have to be careful because some insecticides may react with the
parts
> in
> > the weather equipments. I have not tried this, but I think it would work
> if
> > you put a single moth ball in the gauge tucked in a corner where it
would
> > not get wet.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
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