I'll be attending a function at OSU in early July, and I'm looking for
some advice from local ham residents and/or hams who are very familiar
with the area near Ohio State University.

I'll be bringing my FT-817 along and it would be nice to find a
multi-storey hotel that has balconies for each room and not be next to
some horrible HF unfriendly influence. (not that cities in general are
particularly good for HF, but a hotel right next to a power substation
or AM radio station transmitter would not be my first choice, and a 3
storey place sandwiched between much higher office buildings would not
likely be my second

So, the closer to OSU the better, because it would be nice to be able to
walk there each morning for to attend the lecture series, within a mile
walking distance would be okay.

A balcony would be nice (weather cooperating that is) for early morning
/ late evening QRP and would allow me to put some sort of antenna
outside of the walls of the structure.

I realise this might be asking for a lot, but I've never been there and
as such I'm completely uninformed about the area, so I thought this
might be a good place to ask "hams who know" what they would like if
they were there.

Thanks for reading!
Bob

Holiday Inn
328 W. Lane Avenue
800-465-4329
614-294-4848

Right across the street from the north end of campus. Don't know if they
have balconies, but it is a high-rise.

Where on campus is your function? There are others in the area, but this is
the closest one I can recall if you are going to the north end of campus
(mostly engineering and sciences). Depends on what you mean by 'walking
distance', though. Practically the entire campus is 'walking distance',
since it is mostly closed to vehicles (except around the periphery).

Jim
N8EE
OSU class of '75, '89

"Bob" wrote in message
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I'll be attending a function at OSU in early July, and I'm looking for
some advice from local ham residents and/or hams who are very familiar
with the area near Ohio State University.

I'll be bringing my FT-817 along and it would be nice to find a
multi-storey hotel that has balconies for each room and not be next to
some horrible HF unfriendly influence. (not that cities in general are
particularly good for HF, but a hotel right next to a power substation
or AM radio station transmitter would not be my first choice, and a 3
storey place sandwiched between much higher office buildings would not
likely be my second

So, the closer to OSU the better, because it would be nice to be able to
walk there each morning for to attend the lecture series, within a mile
walking distance would be okay.

A balcony would be nice (weather cooperating that is) for early morning
/ late evening QRP and would allow me to put some sort of antenna
outside of the walls of the structure.

I realise this might be asking for a lot, but I've never been there and
as such I'm completely uninformed about the area, so I thought this
might be a good place to ask "hams who know" what they would like if
they were there.

Thanks for reading!
Bob

The course is music teachers symposium. It's about a week long,
depending on which seminars your choose to attend. I have a synopsis of
the schedule. It's in various buildings; Weigel Auditorium, Hughes
Auditorium, Mershon something or other...

I'm not sure if those buildings are near the Holiday Inn or not.
If you're familiar with their location with respect to the hotel, I'd
really appreciate your input.

Thanks!
Bob

www.osu.edu

They have a virtual map you can look at. There is also list of nearby
hotels, but the holiday inn I mentioned is not on it for some reason. The
buildings you mentioned would be about a 10 minute walk.

Jim
N8EE
"Bob" wrote in message
.. .
The course is music teachers symposium. It's about a week long,
depending on which seminars your choose to attend. I have a synopsis of
the schedule. It's in various buildings; Weigel Auditorium, Hughes
Auditorium, Mershon something or other...

I'm not sure if those buildings are near the Holiday Inn or not.
If you're familiar with their location with respect to the hotel, I'd
really appreciate your input.

Thanks!
Bob

I called the Holiday Inn, and checked them out on the web, and mapblast.
The music dept is pretty much centered around the corner of College Road
and North High street. Holiday Inn looks good, and they have rooms, but
no balconies. (I called them.) The front desk fellow was very helpful,
but I was not about to ask "...and how difficult would it be to get an
antenna outside the room window?" :-)

It's still the front runner though, I'll ferret about Microsoft's
"Streets and Trips" and a few other sources. Might even resort to
calling the University itself, I'm sure they have a list (perhaps even
online) of suggestions.


Thank you for all your input and advice!
Bob

"Bob" wrote in message
.. .

calling the University itself, I'm sure they have a list (perhaps even
online) of suggestions.


Yes, they do. It is at http://www.osu.edu/visitors/accommodations.html but
as I said, the Holiday Inn is not on it. Note that some on this list are a
few miles away and will require a car. Summer quarter ain't too bad, but
otherwise parking is absolutely attrocious!!

Jim
N8EE