[Elecraft] OT: Hotel antenna

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Dave Van Wallaghen wrote:

> OT I know, but it does relate to my K2 ;-)
>
> Wondering if anyone on the list might have a recommendation for a  
> simple QRP
> antenna for use in a hotel? My wife is attending a conference in  
> Chicago in
> a couple of weeks and I'm going with. When she booked the hotel, I  
> just
> asked that we get a room as high as possible. I'm not sure what we  
> got yet.
>
> I'm taking my K2 (I bought a nice Pelican case for it a few months  
> ago) and
> a few spools of small enameled wire. I was thinking of just using a  
> 65' end
> fed with a 1/4 wavelength counterpoise for 40m operation. I've also  
> done
> some reading on the W3EDP antenna.
>
> Anyone have some decent experiences out there? Or, bad ones that I  
> should
> stay away from?
>

I used a Superantennas MP2 (which Elecraft used to sell) with my K2  
from a 7th floor hotel room (6th floor as the Europeans count) in  
northeast France (Tourcoing) in 2004.  I was able to make contacts on  
20m all over Europe and also worked Tunisia and UAE (WPX contest  
weekend).  I located the antenna inside the room next to the window  
and used a 1/4 wave counterpoise laying on the floor.

Bob, N7XY