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A friend travelled with another truck years ago. His associate liked to start #### over the radio at the truckstop from behind sleeper curtain.

I’m told that came to a stop after “someone” hung some RF activated lights on his antenna.

Pretty ###### funny story about a Missouri truckstop door-bangin’ episode.

 

Here is a fact. Less coil losses equates to a more efficient antenna. Longer antenna always outperforms a shorter antenna.
I try to avoid opinions.
Wilson vs the sirio performer 5000

 

Only cause its not a stryker...Yeah we know,your hard core stryker ad man..

 

How did you formulate your opinion? Most of us base our opinions upon what actually works in the real world. Not liking a more efficient antenna because it wasn't built in my Factory isn't exactly a valid reason for not liking something.

 

That's odd.....I get the total opposite issue..I would call a $1000 a lot of $ but less than a cpl hundy on two ant is not a lot..
Jason you keep bragging up the stryker antenna like it was a paychk...So who pays ya for all the advertiseing on the ant??

 

He forgot to tell us that he installed the Sirio antenna and the Wilson antenna on his go-kart with a plastic roof and he installed the striker antenna on the roof of his Chevy Suburban which explains why it performs better than the other two. The funny thing is the striker antenna is basically an exact replica of the Wilson antenna with different plastic housing .

 

About the Sirio: I believe Jasonkip in another thread said that he was unable to tune the Sirio and never could get acceptable communications with it no matter what he did. Thus his stated poor opinion of Sirio.

I remember reading of a Sirio user on another forum with the same complaints. He observed that despite multiple attempts at tuning, it gave poor results. He then tried another antenna in its place, and it worked well.

I have to believe that if these reports are accurate, these folks just got faulty specimens; perhaps a problem with internal contacts or in the coils or something. There are too many folks raving about the Sirio to be otherwise. I believe the Sirio's stinger is something like 6.6 feet long, which by itself would imply a performance approaching that of a pure 9-foot quarter-wave stinger, especially if the Sirio is placed on the roof versus the 9-footer on the bumper.

Jason, I'd look into what the problem might be if I owned that Sirio. Certainly there is nothing inherently wrong with the Sirio; in fact, just the opposite. The only reason I don't have one is I can't accommodate its (otherwise favorable) length on anything I would run it on.