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Thats exactly what I was gonna say and its no different then runniong a Wilson or K40 and there isnt any problems with salt and winter issues ETC I have been messing with about 6 different antennas over here because my Wilson 5400 has seen its last day on the wifes vehicle SWR is high and I tried several different length whips with no prevail.

I tried a NugaTron and a few other coily antennas Solarcon ETC and all mt whips must be to short because the NugaTron and Solarcon coily antennas have abot a 1.8 SWR and when I ad a 3/8 inch studmount antenna spring the SWR damn near flattens out but I cant run them damn sprins because the antenna will just foldback and hit my wifes 2 meter antenna.

I had pulled the spring off the gold Solarcon in was attatched to and just used the damn antenna tuner thats inline with my wifes Yaesu FT-857D I have been thinking about just buying and trying the SIRIO P5000 this week and saying the hell with all these damn antennas I have here and if the Sirio works as good as what the reviews say Ill just sell the damn NugTron on Ebay and sell the other coily antennas on Craigslist I have a few still in there packages I just p[icked up lastweek with a van load of equipment I bought.

Ive seen good things on the SIRIO P500 so its worth a try I ran Wilson antennas since the 1990's and loved them and used them on 10-11 meters but if the sirio works then that will be my new antenna if I decide to do it Ill order on Weds and it should be here Sat or Mon.

<blockquote data-quote="TonyV225" data-source="post: 366152" data-attributes="member: 171">Thats exactly what I was gonna say and its no different then runniong a Wilson or K40 and there isnt any problems with salt and winter issues ETC I have been messing with about 6 different antennas over here because my Wilson 5400 has seen its last day on the wifes vehicle SWR is high and I tried several different length whips with no prevail.&nbsp;I tried a NugaTron and a few other coily antennas Solarcon ETC and all mt whips must be to short because the NugaTron and Solarcon coily antennas have abot a 1.8&nbsp; SWR and when I ad a 3/8 inch studmount antenna spring the SWR damn near flattens out but I cant run them damn sprins because the antenna will just foldback and hit my wifes 2 meter antenna.&nbsp;I had pulled the spring off the gold Solarcon in was attatched to and just used the damn antenna tuner thats inline with my wifes Yaesu FT-857D I have been thinking about just buying and trying the SIRIO P5000 this week and saying the hell with all these damn antennas I have here and if the Sirio works as good as what the reviews say Ill just sell the damn NugTron on Ebay and sell the other coily antennas on Craigslist I have a few still in there packages I just p[icked up lastweek with a van load of equipment I bought.&nbsp;Ive seen good things on the SIRIO P500 so its worth a try I ran Wilson antennas since the 1990&#039;s and loved them and used them on 10-11 meters but if the sirio works then that will be my new antenna if I decide to do it Ill order on Weds and it should be here Sat or Mon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TonyV225, post: 366152, member: 171"] Thats exactly what I was gonna say and its no different then runniong a Wilson or K40 and there isnt any problems with salt and winter issues ETC I have been messing with about 6 different antennas over here because my Wilson 5400 has seen its last day on the wifes vehicle SWR is high and I tried several different length whips with no prevail. I tried a NugaTron and a few other coily antennas Solarcon ETC and all mt whips must be to short because the NugaTron and Solarcon coily antennas have abot a 1.8 SWR and when I ad a 3/8 inch studmount antenna spring the SWR damn near flattens out but I cant run them damn sprins because the antenna will just foldback and hit my wifes 2 meter antenna. I had pulled the spring off the gold Solarcon in was attatched to and just used the damn antenna tuner thats inline with my wifes Yaesu FT-857D I have been thinking about just buying and trying the SIRIO P5000 this week and saying the hell with all these damn antennas I have here and if the Sirio works as good as what the reviews say Ill just sell the damn NugTron on Ebay and sell the other coily antennas on Craigslist I have a few still in there packages I just p[icked up lastweek with a van load of equipment I bought. Ive seen good things on the SIRIO P500 so its worth a try I ran Wilson antennas since the 1990's and loved them and used them on 10-11 meters but if the sirio works then that will be my new antenna if I decide to do it Ill order on Weds and it should be here Sat or Mon. [/QUOTE]

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