Wilson 1000 roof mount coax?

You can get the Wilson 5000 roof mount. It comes with the mini 8 installed. Your SWR is prefect. And the coax that you have will work fine for the length and power of a 203 amp. I ran Wilson 1000 and 5000 Mag mount antenna for about 17 years. But I've found the Sirio PL 5000 to give me several more miles distant than the Wilsons. And they cost about the same. They are about 78" tall. Mine are mounted on the roofs of mini vans. Yes they do whack everything!

 

I've run the Wilson 1000 roof mount on my pickup for several years now with out any problems. Mirage 9900 and KL300 amp.

 

I ran Wilson 1000 and 5000 Mag mount antenna for about 17 years. But I've found the Sirio PL 5000 to give me several more miles distant than the Wilsons. And they cost about the same. They are about 78" tall. Mine are mounted on the roofs of mini vans. Yes they do whack everything![/QUOTE]

I have a 2 meter mag mount and a Wilson 2000 mag mount on my pickup wife still jumps when we pass under low hanging tree branches. I was wondering about the sirio antennas may try one in the future.

 

Realistically, for short runs of coax used for HF (below 30 mHz, like CB), nearly any coax will perform adequately. When I've had to use UHF (technically, freqs between 300 and 3,000 mHz (a/k/a 3 gHz), I've traditionally used double shielded coax with nearly 100% shield, especially where I've had to run a few antenna lines through the same cable race in the vehicle.
As for soldering coax connectors: in a vehicle, where vibrations from engines and road whine are conducted to the cables, solder joints provide a place where the easily flexible metal (the braided wire) makes a transition to a solidly tight mass of inflexible metal. It's at that point where flexing will take place, sometimes right up to the time when the last strand of flexible wire snaps off at the bulk of solder.

I use crimp connectors way up into microwave, but I use really good ones: silver body plating, gold center pins, and teflon insulators.

Just don't count on crimped connectors to provide protection against water ingress. A little dab of silicone grease to fill the minute spaces between the threads, plus some Fibreglas® tape over the whole connector once it's tight, and you'll have a connection that'll come apart cleanly with a slit from a box cutter or X-Acto knife.

Your setup sounds ideal, especially as it actually works like you want it to. Good on ya, Mate!

73

 

Coax length doesn't make any difference if you have a good match between the antenna and vehicle. If it changes the SWR reading, then there is a problem. If you have a good low SWR reading, putting a amp in line is not going to hurt anything. I check the SWR before introducing the amp into the system, if it is down low !.5:1 or below, I'm good to go with it. I've run everything from TX Star 667V down to the KL 300 and never had any problems. I used 6 gauge for power supply with the TX Star, I'm only running 8 gauge these days.

 

Bigger is better!...........I've heard that somewhere before?????????