Wilson 1000 vs. K-40
no_...@nowhere.com
than the K-40. How accurate is this figure? I plan on buying one of
these two antennas in the next week and the Wilson will cost me only
$10 more than the K-40 and would be well worth it for a 58% gain over
the K-40. I have heard however that if your whip on the Wilson breaks
they don't sell a replacement whip where with the K-40 a replacement
costs about $20.
Any input would be appreciated.
Bushkill Wanderer
>
>Recently someone posted saying that the Wilson 1000 has 58% more gain
>
As for the replacement whip. I have bent my whip 2 times and each time I was
able to get a replacement whip from a CB shop for approx. $10.
Shawn
Ray Wilson
Good luck.
Ray
Dave W9128
K-40
for your van.<<
That's ALL it is: MUD DUCK GOSSIP. Compared to a WIlson, all a K40 is good
for is a rod to roast marshmallows.
VABILL999
band to FL from VA.... GREAT ANTENNA....
RALPH234
K-40
for your van.
Very unscientific, but I would rather trust user reviews than the
manufacturers.
(*_*)
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VABILL999
fantastic.... since I can't quote there prices... but here's their
address...
Copper Electronics
3315 Gilmore Industrial Blvd
Louisville, KY 40213
1-800-626-6343
Their Wisons are more than reasonable...
Patrick Miller
but as (Antenna Specialists) a 65" mag mount for $57.90 they say that AS was
the first maker by which everyone bases theirs on, and is truely the best...
Any comments
no_...@nowhere.com wrote:
: Recently someone posted saying that the Wilson 1000 has 58% more gain
: than the K-40. How accurate is this figure? I plan on buying one of
: these two antennas in the next week and the Wilson will cost me only
: $10 more than the K-40 and would be well worth it for a 58% gain over
: the K-40. I have heard however that if your whip on the Wilson breaks
: they don't sell a replacement whip where with the K-40 a replacement
: costs about $20.
: Any input would be appreciated.
Brian Woodbury
a> I plan on buying a Wilson 1000. My only concern was the fact that the
a> long whip would not allow me to get my car into the garage. I called
a> Wilson directly and they were very helpful and offered to sell directly
a> to me a replacement whip which is loaded and is
a> therefore only 36" long.
a> Based on the fact that they will sell direct if your local CB shop
a> does not have what you need, I'd have to believe that they would also
a> sell replacement full length whips.
Woody-
Replacement whips are fairly common in CB shops ( I always order a couple
extra for those who over cut their wilson whip...nice to have on hand). The
loaded whip seems to be pretty good (doesn't really help get my van in a
parking garage) but I'm going to leave it on there for awhile to test a little
longer...
Woody
whip...@industry-dm.com
NO>than the K-40. How accurate is this figure? I plan on buying one of
NO>these two antennas in the next week and the Wilson will cost me only
NO>$10 more than the K-40 and would be well worth it for a 58% gain over
NO>the K-40. I have heard however that if your whip on the Wilson breaks
NO>they don't sell a replacement whip where with the K-40 a replacement
NO>costs about $20.
NO>Any input would be appreciated.
As far as i know they do sell replacement whips for wilson's. i
myself have bought one for mine. And in my personal opinion Wilsons are
worth the ten dollors more. I've had mine for two years now and it beats
the hell out of my old K-40.
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Fast Trak
> no_...@nowhere.com wrote:
> : Recently someone posted saying that the Wilson 1000 has 58% more gain
> : than the K-40. How accurate is this figure? I plan on buying one of
> : these two antennas in the next week and the Wilson will cost me only
> : $10 more than the K-40 and would be well worth it for a 58% gain over
> : the K-40. I have heard however that if your whip on the Wilson breaks
> : they don't sell a replacement whip where with the K-40 a replacement
> : costs about $20.
>
> : Any input would be appreciated.
>
>
I plan on buying a Wilson 1000. My only concern was the fact that the
Based on the fact that they will sell direct if your local CB shop
does not have what you need, I'd have to believe that they would also
Brian Woodbury
>
> >
> a> I plan on buying a Wilson 1000. My only
> a> concern was the fact that the
> a> long whip would not allow me to get my car
> a> into the garage. I called
> a> Wilson directly and they were very helpful and
> a> offered to sell directly
> a> to me a replacement whip which is loaded and is
> a> therefore only 36" long.
>
> a> if your local CB shop
> a> does not have what you need, I'd have to
> a> believe that they would also
> a> sell replacement full length whips.
>
>
> Woody-
> Replacement whips are fairly common in CB shops
> ( I always order a couple
> extra for those who over cut their wilson
> whip...nice to have on hand). The
> loaded whip seems to be pretty good (doesn't
> really help get my van in a
> parking garage) but I'm going to leave it on there
> for awhile to test a little
> longer...
> Woody
a> Woody,
a> Good to hear someone else is using the loaded whip. Any estimate on
a> how much the loaded whip's performance will be reduced over the full
a> length whip. I hope it douesn't cut down on the
a> performance much. Thanks
Woody-
Doesn't seem to be any difference that I can tell so far. MOst of the guys
that I talk to say the signal is about the same.
Fast Trak
>
> >
> a> I plan on buying a Wilson 1000. My only concern was the fact that the
> a> long whip would not allow me to get my car into the garage. I called
> a> Wilson directly and they were very helpful and offered to sell directly
> a> to me a replacement whip which is loaded and is
> a> therefore only 36" long.
>
> a> does not have what you need, I'd have to believe that they would also
> a> sell replacement full length whips.
>
>
> Woody-
> Replacement whips are fairly common in CB shops ( I always order a couple
> extra for those who over cut their wilson whip...nice to have on hand). The
> loaded whip seems to be pretty good (doesn't really help get my van in a
> parking garage) but I'm going to leave it on there for awhile to test a little
> longer...
> Woody
Woody,
Good to hear someone else is using the loaded whip. Any estimate on
how much the loaded whip's performance will be reduced over the full
length whip. I hope it douesn't cut down on the performance much. Thanks
Boris The Spider
>Recently someone posted saying that the Wilson 1000 has 58% more gain
>than the K-40. How accurate is this figure? I plan on buying one of
>these two antennas in the next week and the Wilson will cost me only
>$10 more than the K-40 and would be well worth it for a 58% gain over
>the K-40. I have heard however that if your whip on the Wilson breaks
>they don't sell a replacement whip where with the K-40 a replacement
>costs about $20.
>Any input would be appreciated.
I used to work for a CB dealer in the Seattle area, and we carried
both K-40 and Wilson, but dropped the K-40 after not selling a single
one in over 9 months (couldn't keep Wilsons in stock fast enough for
demand). They are both good performers, but the Wilson has a few BIG
advantages : better signal (inand out) and they thread on (K-40's
bayonett mount tends to fail if used more than a few times causing
your load and whip to fall off the mount). Ant REPUTABLE Wilson dealer
carries any/all the spare parts you can use. We sold the spare whips
for $9.95 for Wilson, $16.95 for K-40. (I've seen quite a few Wilson
whips get bent, but never seen a broken one. The bent one's took quite
a bit to get that way)
BTW, I had a 4ft Firestik top loaded 5/8wave hard mounted in the
center of the roof on my pick-up truck... replaced it with the
Wilson-1000 and got a better than 2 S-unit gain (sending and
receiving) over the Firestik. That's like having 100 watts with the
Firestik, and perfectly legal.
.
Boris
vinny
wrote:
Talk about tuff, during a 'Fox hunt' my friend and I drove under I
slightly too low tunnel, hitting the wilson at about 1/4 from the top,
at about 70km/hour,about 44 Mph if I'm correct.
No damage, just a lot of noise.
Furthermore, we were able to talk over a distance of 150km of flat
land, a few little cities, using only 3 (!) Watts.
And besides, the Wilson 1000 looks pretty cool too!
-------------------------------
The early worm has a deathwish.
Einstein is dood, Newton is dood,
en ik voel me ook al niet zo lekker.
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jls
>>than the K-40. How accurate is this figure?
I've seen this figure before and personally think it's a farce. I've
done side by side tests with the Wilson 1000, K40 and Antenna Specialists
Formula 1 antennas and could literally not tell any difference between
the three over a 45 miles test in an identical situation.
The advantage of the Wilson is certainly that they are popular (mostly
because of advertising) and parts will be relatively easy to get. But
for the money in my opinion the AS Formula 1 is the best deal.
--
Cya l8er... -=lArRy=-
Tom Kennelly
Thanks
jls
>Are these antenna's magnetically mounted or are they permanently >mounted.
They can all be purchased in either model.
--
Cya l8er... -=lArRy=-
inquiziter
>no_...@nowhere.com wrote:
>>Recently someone posted saying that the Wilson 1000 has 58% more gain
>>than the K-40. How accurate is this figure?
same bumf that the k40 gives out on their leafletts
>>the K-40. I have heard however that if your whip on the Wilson breaks
>>they don't sell a replacement whip
yes they do well there sold in the UK at least !!!
I have both k40 and wilson the k40 is my sweetheart at about 16 yrs
old where the wilson is a mean young bitch of about 4/5yrs
as to who performs better its got to be the wilson BUT i still
would not get rid of the k40 I use both, k40 for legal use of AM
in republic of ireland (illegal in UK) and wilson for FM UK legal
(one on each rear wing)
john