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, richardjwilt...@aol.com <richardjwilt...@aol.com> wrote: From: richardjwilt...@aol.com <richardjwilt...@aol.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a hotel To: elecraft@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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
