what coax comes on the wilson 5000

[tunercars]

using a RigExpert 55 to set up a wilson 5000 on my buddys car not my first time setting up an antenna and i can't get it to set so im looking for the type of coax and velocity factor for the coax hoping that helps with setting up the RigExpert so i can get the antenna to set so here is the deal the antenna swr jumps around then settles at 11 and trimming the whip has made no improvement's but i threw it on the radio to see what it would say and 40 is 1.6 20 is 2.7 and 1 is 3.5 now i know that's telling me its to long on the radio but why is not matter what i do the RigExpert telling me its an 11 its very annoying and i don't want to cut to much of the whip so i'm at a loss at this point i'm new to using the RigExpert but it really shouldn't be that hard to set a wave the whip is either short or long the magnet is the ground to the car there's not much else left to figure out

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Is it a new antenna? When I had one, the coil housing cracked and got water in it. Then another time, the coax connection inside the coil became disconnected. I run a Sirio 5000 now.

 

[TM86]

Last time I had a Wilson antenna that would not tune I cleaned the end of the whip that goes into the loading coil. It had accumulated some corrosion over the years. Brought SWR from the 10:1 range down to about 1.4:1.

 

[tunercars]

Is it a new antenna? When I had one, the coil housing cracked and got water in it. Then another time, the coax connection inside the coil became disconnected. I run a Sirio 5000 now.

yes its new

 

[tunercars]

Last time I had a Wilson antenna that would not tune I cleaned the end of the whip that goes into the loading coil. It had accumulated some corrosion over the years. Brought SWR from the 10:1 range down to about 1.4:1.

its new so no corrosion

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Maybe use a coat hanger wire in place of the whip to experiment with cutting the length. Is it in the center of the roof with no metal beside it?

 

[tunercars]

Maybe use a coat hanger wire in place of the whip to experiment with cutting the length. Is it in the center of the roof with no metal beside it?

correct it is well i took the top coil and whip off my old 5000 thats 13 years old and it works great on it so i'm going to use that whip for reference metal coat hangers are hard to come by these days

 

[9C1Driver]

Should say right on the coax, RG8x if it's a Wilson 5000. At this point sounds like you need to get the Rig Expert working properly before you trim too much off.