Mike & others, the hotel doesn't take kindly to wires being strung all over the place; they allow us some limited antenna activity that is then usable in the ballroom.
As you state, unfortunately Fest members have a reputation of adding damage to the window screens in the hotel in their enthusiasm to hang antennas. Many modern hotels don't even have windows that open -- all ventilation is through the HVAC unit. The fact that *any* useful radio reception is possible in as electronically dense an environment as a hotel is remarkable. After all, there aren't too many DXpeditions conducted in hotels! As a result, our options in Room 425 are limited. It's a space the hotel makes available to us for the weekend, and this seems to be the best way to use it, even though it's not optimal. Richard Cuff / cochair On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: How can one have a 'Listening Lounge' without some sort of antenna, regardless of how simple it might be? I know the hotel charges an arm and a leg for folks to poke holes in the screens, but that can't be very popular with the staff, even if they understand why they do it. > _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
