Do deer like antenna wires?

Our garden is frequently visited by roe deer. They like to trek along the little brook that runs at the edge of the garden. Usually that has few consequences.

But this weekend as I was about to contact stations during the CQ160CW contest, I noticed that nobody could hear me. I heard many stations, but nobody seemed to hear my signal.

The Imagined Conflict

I have a new independent blog named after my book "The imagined conflict". The book was published in November 2025 and is a revised translation of a book first published in Norwegian in 2021 and in a second printing in 2022. 

The new blog may be reached by clicking here.