Every time I've tried this, results have been poor. There is so much electrical wiring, fluorescent lights and and other devices nearby that noise is awful. Bigger hotels are often built with reinforced concrete, etc. A balcony or openable window is the best choice.
On 5/11/2012 9:09 AM, Mike WA8BXN wrote: > > > I too would like to hear the answers to this question! But I have an added > question and thought. What are reasonable expectations to being able to work > much with an in the motel room antenna? I would expect a lot of noise, a lot > of shielding and need to use 40 or 80a meters at night which is rougher to > do with short antennas. My approach would be Internet access to a rig at > home. > > The thought is that one could test out indoor antennas in their own shack to > see how various things work. Second thought, particularly with respect to > small loops, I wonder if they would be useful to home use (primarily as a > receive antenna assuming the presence of better outside antennas for > transmitting) being easy to rotate by hand to try to null noise or QRM. > > 73 - Mike WA8BXN -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
