[Elecraft] Operating from a hotel

[richardjwiltgen at aol.com]

I have had a wonderful experience operating from hotels.  I often use a Buddistick or Outbacker Tri-Split with four counterpose wires (one for each band)  cut to frequency for both 20 and 40 meters strung across the hotel room.  I have also used the AD5X dipole that Phil describes on his Web site.  Wires dangling from the room tends to invite problems at times. Every year I would attend a a professional conference in Honolulu and had a pipeline into Europe with 10 watts, all CW.  The trick to minimize interference, it seems, is to have a good quality coax feed from the balcony to the rig. Don't give up on hotels.  
 
73,
de Dick, K8RBW