Maybe a hot knife around the outside bottom? Like the kind that is a razor blade on a soldering iron. Then put it back together with a plastic welder like the kind from Harbor Freight.
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Has anyone had any luck taking apart the base coil on a wilson antenna?
- Thread starter loosecannon
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Since it is thermoplastic; did you try gently heating it up with a heat gun/blow drier?
Putting it back to together might be a lot easier after that.
Please repeat after me......
I have done so much......
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with so little......
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for so long.......
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that I am now qualified......
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to do anything.......
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with absolutely nothing!
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So help me God.
There it is now official.....You are now qualified to tear up a tank with a rubber hammer.
LOL im going to pin that up on the wall in the metal shop!
Robb, i have not tried with the heat gun yet, and was going to until i read of someone else who tried it and it did nothing.
however, i have no idea what kind of heat they were using or what kind of experience in this realm that they had so it might still be a viable solution.
as of right now, im still intrigued by autotuner's idea, but im thinking even more off the wall.
what if i filled it with water and then froze it?
it would have to burst somewhere right?
LC
Robb, i have not tried with the heat gun yet, and was going to until i read of someone else who tried it and it did nothing.
however, i have no idea what kind of heat they were using or what kind of experience in this realm that they had so it might still be a viable solution.
as of right now, im still intrigued by autotuner's idea, but im thinking even more off the wall.
what if i filled it with water and then froze it?
it would have to burst somewhere right?
LC
So you want to freeze it......submerge it in liquid nitrogen and shatter it with a tuning fork. 
Though Autotuner has a much more spectacular approach. Maybe a blasting cap and a old crank telephone posted on Youtube? 
Though Autotuner has a much more spectacular approach. Maybe a blasting cap and a old crank telephone posted on Youtube?
Water? Mmmm; dunno.
Don't think that enough water could get in there to make it split.
If splitting is the real solution; then using a Dremel tool with a cutting wheel might git 'er done . . .
Don't think that enough water could get in there to make it split.
If splitting is the real solution; then using a Dremel tool with a cutting wheel might git 'er done . . .
well the gun powder idea was super fun but didn't work very well:
JK this is a cheapo cobra antenna from a 4runner forum.
LC
JK this is a cheapo cobra antenna from a 4runner forum.
LC
I would suspect that freezing with water would split it straight up the weakest side. I have my old Wilson 5000 sitting in the corner with a broken coil. I am really liking the PVC coil idea. I would suppose that metal would be ok too. The Stryker has a metal case around its coil. A short piece of fat aluminum tube would be handy right now.
Just use fire!! I’m on a burn-it kick lately, just kill it with fire.
It’s not going to abide easily, so violence is the answer here. You’ll most likely never get it apart where you can put it back together again, so again, violence. Haha.
It’s not going to abide easily, so violence is the answer here. You’ll most likely never get it apart where you can put it back together again, so again, violence. Haha.
It looks like metal but it is actually a double layer thermoplastic cover.
You don't want to encase a antenna coil with metal.
73
Jeff
You don't want to encase a antenna coil with metal.
73
Jeff
