Hi Randy,
sri for the delay in replying to you...also thought that I'd cc the list
for others who may have an interest...
Note that I travel with one of the roll-on cases, and by definition all
must fit in... I have found that abt 40% of the time I can get a 1" crack
in the window / virtual patio.
My current tvl HF kit (all fits in small computer case/ in roll-on)includes:
- a modified fiberglass tent pole ($6 WalMart, shock-corded, cut to 22"/sect)
- a piece of collapsable fishing pole,
- two 50' 24ga lengths of wire, wind on solder / tape spools
- a 40m dipole (26ga wire, 10' RG-174),
- an original Norcal 40/KC-1.
- ZM-1 Zmatch tuner
- 8 cell AA batt.pack
(sometimes the RF-1 when I want to play ant. stuff..)
Together the two poles get 14' out from the building given the 1" crack for
a wire ... the dipole has been in every possible configuration... I've
also got a 2 turn 44" dia. dowel frame loop that I've tried.
Experience wise, I've only seriously tried 5-8 times to tx on the road, but
listened LOTS (its a long story about wannabee, and key-shy till Chuck got
me as a Novice Fox ... :-).
Loop: 0 for 3, quietest tvl antenna, probably the balance
Diple: 0 for 2/3, toughest to get up that makes radiation sense
Wire/ZM-1: 1 for 1, from TX: SC, AZ, OR, UT; also copied CO from HI
Loop is the quietest, probably as a function of balance. Also nice to be
able to null noise and peak signal. This probably bears more evaluation in
the future.
Dipole is a pain to get up in a way that makes radiation sense, but will
haul it because it may come in handy, and it does not take much room
Wire / ZM-1 combo is the keeper to date. The HI-CO link was one I really
wanted but the CO end could not quite pull me out. I could hear him 229.
I've tried wires before for RX and getting the wire out away from the
building seems to be a possible key factor. Additionally none of the other
antenna's could get out and away....
hope that this helps
TNX es CUL, 2 way /QRP/Hotel
Niel
>Got your card the other day from your fox operation
>from the hotel... since I travel a lot I was wondering
>about your experiences with hotel operating. It seems
>to be pot luck on finding a hotel that has windows that
>will open enough to poke a wire through. Do you just let
>the wire dangle in that case or what? Hows your QSO rate
>from hotel ops?
>Curious people wanna know!;)
>--
>73, Randy WJ4P
>QRP-L #296 ARCI #9152 1996 40-9er High Scorer
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