On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:58 AM, 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?
I used a Superantennas MP2 (which Elecraft used to sell) with my K2
from a 7th floor hotel room (6th floor as the Europeans count) in
northeast France (Tourcoing) in 2004. I was able to make contacts on
20m all over Europe and also worked Tunisia and UAE (WPX contest
weekend). I located the antenna inside the room next to the window
and used a 1/4 wave counterpoise laying on the floor.
Bob, N7XY
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