[Elecraft] Operating from a hotel

[Mel Farrer]

I too have had excellent results from hotels.  Mostly with wire and a section of bamboo that plugged together off the balcony.  I used two methods.  With no wind, I would use a Mylar helium baloon and #30 enamel wire at the end of the bamboo then and a simple tuner.  With wind, same bamboo and wire but with a 2 oz lead weight.  I always brought along a 25 foot jumper cable #18 to grab the nearest ground, cold water pipe etc.  Worked a lot of stations on 40 and 80.
 
Mel, K6KBE

--- On Thu, 9/13/12, richardjwiltgen at aol.com <richardjwiltgen at aol.com> wrote:


From: richardjwiltgen at aol.com <richardjwiltgen at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a hotel
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 12:40 PM




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

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