what do you all think of fire stick antennas http://www.firestik.com/ im like'in there firestick 2 (has a tunable tip which you can screw and unscrew with bare hands) was wondering what you all thought of them. and what antennas do you guys use for your cb's.
Fire stick antennas
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by capnhector, Oct 30, 2007.
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I don't have anything against there antennas but i hate there site. you have to contact them via email to find out where you can purchase there antenna.
I run a lil wil form www.wilsonantenna.com -
id be running this on a semi so id prefer a top loaded antenna, center load would be the lowest id go. bottom load on a semi does not work to well. also ill be running a cophased rig
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on the wilson page read "Why the "Wilson Silver Load" FGT & Flex Performs Better"and the next part as well. -
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Well what they mean by "The Most Powerful Antenna In The World" is
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[SIZE=+2]Why the "Wilson Silver Load" FGT & Flex Performs Better[/SIZE]
Testing the popular fiberglass antennas showed some brands insert losses, like a dummy load, to make their antenna look good on the SWR meter, but sacrificed most of the power gain.
Wilson designed the Silver Load, with its exclusive impedance matching transformer, to give good SWR without sacrificing power gain. Additionally, using spaced windings on the top load to eliminate the dielectric losses, and silver plated wire for maximum radiation, Wilson has the best performing fiberglass antenna available."
thats taken right off their site as well as some graphs... on a 4' antenna the firestick is only 32% less powerful, but when you start getting shorter that number jumps up. -
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well personally i think wilsons are awesome... been using one for a while then went to 2 and they are great... actually have talked a lot of skip... And that page does tell how they got the data... through some doctor dude in field tests. i just prefer wilson cuz i think they work great... firestick has just never impressed me
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I had a 4 ft firestick that iI used for 2 years, best one I ever had, until it got stolen. Of course I didn't have it on a big truck either. I'm going out on the road in March, I don't know what I'll use then.
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