I used to operate successfully from many hotels but every year it is becoming
noisier. New ballast lighting, more electronics, etc.
But there are exceptions.
The suggestions with getting wires outside are excellent. Sometimes I try to
have the wires outside, attached to a TV line, which goes to
How about remote
I am going on a business trip in the near future for a solid week of
boardom, so I plan to leave my K3 at home and run it remotely using a
laptop and the internet provided in the hotel. Just not sure how to do
that yet.
On 9/13/2012 2:55 AM, John Lally wrote:
Horrid
Use a coax-fed antenna as far away as possible, even on the roof. Add a
choke to reduce noise pick-up on the coax.
Your 'counterpoise' is part of the aerial and picks up from its environment
as it's bound to do.
73
David
G3UNA
Horrid electrical noise in hotels because of air conditioners. I
My experience with operating from hotels has also been very poor. The
structures are
Faraday shields, and they are full of noise sources. Sometimes there is no
balcony and
windows can't be opened. Take your KX3 to the beach (or the woods) and operate
from there!
On 9/12/2012 11:55 PM, John
If the hotel has a balcony, I have used a MFJ fiberglass extending pole in the
past which suspended a resonant fan dipole and an rfi filter in line and it
worked well. I tried one of those mini antenna verticals by Super Antenna and
it did not perform well from balcony. With a resonant dipole
Or get a pick-up truck and operate from outside the hotel using a
screwdriver type antenna ;o)
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:33:09 -0700, Vic K2VCO k2vco@gmail.com
wrote:
My experience with operating from hotels has
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
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
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