Wilson Little Wil help!!

[Dukey]

:wub:I have a new wilson litle wil cobra 29 chrome and all worked really well. until I was given a Polmar 400 watt linear. I neglected to check the wattage rating of the little will until i popped the capacitor in the base and lost my match. now with the linear out of the equation I can not get a low SWR anymore. I need to replace the capacitor in the base of the little wil. Any idea what size it was and which way to install it. Any help would be great.
thanks O and I have a 400 watt linear that works really well if anyone is interested.

thanks again
Andy

 

[formulamojo]

For the price of the lil wil you may be better off just to replace the whole antenna.

You'll spend more time in headaches trying to replace the cap.

 

[Dukey]

I have it all apart but there is no capacitor left to identify. a capacitor is only a few dollars and a new antenna is 39.00 i will try differnt caps

thanks

 

[formulamojo]

You have to make it all water and weather proof again...

That can be a pain.

 

[Dukey]

I will be able to amke it water proof as when i took it apart i found the sealant in the base around the brass lug for the whip nothing more than silicone I have plenty of that and I have all the tools to put it together as I am a truck mechanic. I simply need to know if anyone can tell me what size the capacitor was and where the positive side goes. example the center wire or the shield

Thanks

Andy:headbang:glare:

 

[formulamojo]

I believe the conductor is positive and the shield is ground.

Not sure of the cap value though.

 

[mackmobile43]

does it have a warranty, if so just exchange it. I did a search and could find nothing about the value of the cap.

 

[Dukey]

It has a warranty as it is only two weeks old but i exploded the capacitor with the amp and I am sure I can not get it covered now as i have it all apart.
thanks for your help
I just order a wilson 1000 magmount that should handle it

 

[Moleculo]

I have one of those antennas. I'm away from home camping, but give me a couple of days and I'll be back. I'll take it apart and look at the value of the cap for you.

BTW, I have a used Wilson 1000 mag mount that I don't need that has a new, uncut stinger that I would sell very reasonably. It will handle that power level.

Anyway, I'll let you know the value of that cap, assuming I can read the numbers on it.

 

[Beetle]

You won't have to worry about the polarity of the capacitor; that's just for electrolytics, and the capacitor you need will NOT be an electrolytic. Probably a silver mica around 100 pF - just as a guess.

 

[Dukey]

thanks I found a picture of the base of a little wil on this forum and the cap is shown perfectly. as for the wilson 1000 i already ordered one but if the price was right i could use a second and get rid of the little wil all together
here it is

http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/26100-little-wilson-magmount.html

 

[Dukey]

This is a link to the amp Palomar 400 Service Manual I have the one that burnt up the cap in my little wil
is this any good? i do not know if I should us it. Right now I am hooked to a stock out of the box Cobra 29 limited edition chrome. but i normally use my tuned Cobra 29 night watch wich puts out 8 watts. i did not want to use it with the amp as I was afraid i would damage the amp. not thinking about the damage I did to my antenna.

 

[W5LZ]

It's up to you, but I think your fears are justified, and wouldn't use an amplifier with that antenna at all. That's the only advice I feel safe in giving.
- 'Doc

 

[Mr Clean]

If you ordered a 1000 I would not worry about the lil wil, You wont want to use it anyway when the 1000 arrives! Peace.

 

[mackmobile43]

:wub:I have a new wilson litle wil cobra 29 chrome and all worked really well. until I was given a Polmar 400 watt linear. I neglected to check the wattage rating of the little will until i popped the capacitor in the base and lost my match. now with the linear out of the equation I can not get a low SWR anymore. I need to replace the capacitor in the base of the little wil. Any idea what size it was and which way to install it. Any help would be great.
thanks O and I have a 400 watt linear that works really well if anyone is interested.

thanks again
Andy

180pfd, 1kv, I got this directly from one of the techs at wilson.