Unless your hotel is considerably dated, you won't be able to even open
a window, let along get an antenna out.
There is so much wiring, piping, metal, conduit, and internal noise in a
hotel, especially a high-rise, that you're not going to hear anything
anyway.
I've tied many times over the years and consider it a bust.
K9ZTV
Dave Van Wallaghen wrote:
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
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