Picture of inside of Sirio 5000 Performer

[M0GVZ]

 

[M0GVZ]

In comparison, the Wilson 5000. Easy to see why they have problems. All the stress of any bending is put on the coil connection at the bottom.

 

[camaro1]

the wilsons are not sealed well and take on moisture way too easy

 

[RatsoW8]

I bet you can re-tap the coil on the Sirio for 2 meters.

 

[RT2020]

So I guess you can take the Sirio apart? I know the Wilson you cant without cutting it and having to glue it back together somehow.

 

[222DBFL]

Great photos, thanks, always really wondered what was under the hood. Looks to be made well. I have had no issues with mine thus far.

 

[AudioShockwav]

The Sirio 5000 looks good, gaskets, easy to open and inspect.


The quality of the Wilson has gone down hill.
Here is a couple of threads that are good reading on that subject posted by fnkycoldmedina back in 2012.

http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/136547-inside-wilson-5000-coil-part-1-a.html


Here are those pictures of the second 5000 he opened later sitting on the air conditioner.

http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/136545-inside-wilson-5000-coil-part-2-a.html


73
Jeff

 

[northern35s]

Would be interesting to see what is in the base of the Sirio and whether it has a shunt feed?

 

[bob85]

5000's measure dc short and act like a shunt fed antenna with regards to noise so i presume the lower housing hides the grounded portion of the coil.

 

[fogdog]

Yesterday I was out in the shop, messing around with all my old antennas, and I just happened to put the Wilson Lil Wil mag mount on the top of my tool box for a quick test. Anyway when I was done I attempted to pull the antenna off my Toolbox and the magnet stayed on the box.
To my shock I was looking under the hood of a extremely rusted out antenna base. A ll the nuts and threaded parts probably can not be cleaned. The coil looked ok, put the weather damage is significant. I used this antenna last about 9 months ago and it did work.

I did my best to clean it up, and re-sealed it with RTV, but I will never trust it again, and I will never buy another Wilson antenna.

 

[Charlie Brown]

Theres also a coil inside the base section of the antenna, the part that screws to the mount..

 

[binrat]

Theres also a coil inside the base section of the antenna, the part that screws to the mount..

There is?? Don't tease C.B. post up some pics.

 

[bigred222]

i use a 1k mag and also was astonished at how much moisture was inside the base as well and could see it emerging from the coil there is essentially no seal around the plastic part that butts up to the outer cap. works well. just wish there was a way to easily dissassemble the thing so you could dry it out once in a while. works great but any time it rains real hard and i leave the antenna on my vehicle the swr goes higher than a dry day. and yes i clean the bottom of the magnet every day. just to try to keep the swr down. may not be totally necessary only running 100watts but is a neccesity if you want to keep your transciever finals alive.
-222

 

[ND88]

I don't have that swr problem with my wilson 1000 mag. It's fine in the rain. Might be getting rusted, but I don't really care as long as it still works. It's only a $70 antenna.

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