Dave One thing you will need is a way to hold the wire away from the side of the building. A telescoping fishing pole would be the easiest to take along and draw no comments. You can stick it out a window and let the thin wire hang down in the clear. Good luck and 73 Bob N6WG
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Van Wallaghen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 10:58 AM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Hotel antenna > 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? > > Dave W8FGU > K2 #5099 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
