Tony Meloche wrote:


"Mark S. Holden" wrote:

Tony Meloche wrote:


Diverd4777 wrote:
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BUT, even better, is just stringing up 30 - 60 feet of wire & hooking it up to
the whip..

Dan


It is better if you're in a cabin in the woods.


It's not better if you're in a hotel room, though.

Tony


For hotel rooms, loops are pretty good. Most will fit in a suitcase,
and they're less likely to pick up RFI than a broomstick or whip.

I suppose if you expected to use it often, you could make one in the lid
of your suitcase or attaché case - though these might be a little more
interesting than you'd like at airports.




Delightful observation on both points! It *could* make for a very
intersting (and possibly quite effective) antenna,and it *could* make
for a world of grief in airports! Shazam!

Tony


I have experience with interesting equipment at airports- my 7030+ is
set up as an "ultimate portable", and the X ray machine shows a cabinet
within a cabinet, and a passle of battery packs and related circuitry
jammed inside the larger cabinet.

Whatever antenna I'm bringing goes in the suitcase, but I keep a short
antenna with the radio so I can demo it for them.