For "Motel Mobile" operations I try to get as close to the window as
possible. The antenna normally sitting on its tripod.
Some hotels have been impossible with the noise level inherent in the
building. I try to request as high a room as possible with an opening window
or for true bliss a balcony.
I have "heard" that at even QRP levels the FT817 is capable of clearing out a
Marriott using the fire alarm system on 12M.
Paul
