Hello everyone
I drive a 2015 cascadia and currently run a 5.5 Francis antenna. Swr is under 2 and performance is ok(17 air miles) to local base station. I had a local shop cut me a 36' shaft for a Wilson 2000 I have. Has anyone on here had success with a shaft of this lengh? Also, roughly how short will the whip be with this lengh shaft?
Thanks
Whip lengh wilson 2000
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Thermal95, Nov 2, 2018.
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Anything below the load has minimal effect on the tune while anything above the coil has a drastic effect on the tune.
Adding 4 feet below the coil doesn't drastically affect the tune. An inch or two off the top usually brings it back to resonance.jessejamesdallas Thanks this. -
Now...go changing the number of turns in the coil, then there's a pretty significant change in the over-all height...by adding just two more turns of coil can drop the height of the antenna by a foot.
He didn't say how long the original shaft was...I'm assuming it's either 5" or 10" because those are the two most popular shaft lengths with the Wilson 2000...going from 5" to 36" is a pretty big jump.rabbiporkchop Thanks this. -
Maybe ground potential makes the change more drastic?
Better ground = less change
Worse ground = more change?jessejamesdallas Thanks this.
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