I have a freightliner Columbia that I drive for work most every day. Currently I have a predator 10k mounted on the mirror but am looking for something that I could put on top of the cab. I have heard and read a lot of good things about the sirio 5000 but I am wondering if someone can tell me approximately how long it will tune for 11meters. I want something that works well but that I dont break off in a month. Thanks.
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Sirio 5000pl length
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I dont post up here much but I have read a lot on the forum. So I know asking for suggestions can open the floodgate of opinions but I still will ask. If someone has something they have used or are using in a limited height application I would be interested in hearing about it.
Hilift , Won't mounting it on top of the cab give you clearance issues ? Sirio is a great antenna , myself I went w/ a Styrker Sra 10a , even this antenna mounted on the roof of my Explorer limits my access to thing as it quite tall ( whip approx. 62" ) . I like the way the Stryker is built but I never try to hit anything w/ it .
This is what I have on my other truck. It works well and would like to have something somewhat similar on my freightliner. The problem is height. I had thought about a double coil but I know you lose efficiency with them.
I gave this truck to my employee to run so I am in it very seldom now
I gave this truck to my employee to run so I am in it very seldom now
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It's going to be taller than you want. 77 inches vs 67 inches for the Wilson.
I dont really care for the green light but I guess this looks like a shorter option
http://www.sirioantenne.it/en/products/hf/bull-trucker
http://www.sirioantenne.it/en/products/hf/bull-trucker
If you use a fixed mount in the roof and do loads of bonding as per the bonding section at www.k0bg.com you'll find you need to shorten the antenna due to having a really efficient RF ground. I had to cut 3 inches off mine.
I don't mean to hijack the thread but have a somewhat related question... I have a Sirio Turbo 800 Blue mobile antenna (shortest Sirio makes) and was wondering how it would tune if I take the coiled whip off and put it on a Sirio Turbo 5000 stinger which handles much more power? I have a mobile antenna tuner so it's fine if it won't tune perfect...
The "stinger" or whip doesn't determine power handling capability the coil does
Blackcat630: you're right, I thought the stinger was referring to the coil but I'm mistaken, that's what I meant, the 5000 does have a bigger copper coil at the base that can handle more watts, I just need to know if I can stick the 3-foot whip that comes with the 800 on the 5000 base and tune it with a tuner...
I ended up getting the sirio bull trucker. It should tune shorter than the 5000. I thought I would try it and if I dont like it I will try something else