Wilson 5000 SWR issue

Go and buy the Stryker SR-A10 CB Antenna, I am using from two years and have not faced any kind of issue yet. No need to tune.

 

How long is it?

 

That's atleast 3 or 4 watt loss itself....Ya know there is more loss in his set up..So in my mind yes its a tad high..

 

Only antenna that doesn't need tuning is the one in the garbage..

 

Yeah and we all know dealers give you top $ for a trade in..

 

How do you figure the watts lost? I see he has a Stryker CB, and I know those put out more power than a Cobra. I may have missed his actual TX power.
Given the ratio, how many S units are lost? Probably negligible on the receiving end. And if those 4 watts lost all go back to the radio (which they wouldn’t due to coax loss), it better not hurt the radio. A Cobra can withstand hours of dead key without an antenna as seen on YouTube. I expect at least as much from a fancy Stryker. And his Stryker has an antenna connected.

 

The dealer is family. I got good information. And yeah, I get good deals too!

 

Quote: "How long is it?"

The last time I looked, the Stryker SR-A10 is about 63 inches long, equivalent to the Wilson 1000 and 5000. I assume the performance is about equivalent as well.

 

There is always an exception to every rule.

 

Well no offense there, but when a dealer that does the business he does, and has been doing for close to 50 years, tells me a hole in the roof of a pickup, with the proper rubber plug in it won't hurt the trade in value, I'm gonna take his word for it. Now if it had a CB antenna still attached, or duct tape covering the hole, or a big wad of silicone chalk, that might make a difference. Otherwise, it won't hurt it a bit......they probably won't even notice!