Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000

Night Hawk · Subject: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Thu May 01, 2008 9:16 pm

So, I wonder exactly how much of a benefit it would be for me to switch from my W1000 to a W5000??? scratch

binrat · Admin Number of posts: 460 Age: 50 Registration date: 2008-05-01

From what I've read, the big difference is power handling. Larger coax and wire in the coil. I have a 1000 and won't be dumping it!

binrat

Night Hawk · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Thu May 01, 2008 10:32 pm

Yea, I have a 1000 also, but i'm wondering exatly how much my transmit and receive would go up ??

outlawmobile · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Fri May 02, 2008 3:18 am

Night Hawk wrote:

Yea, I have a 1000 also, but i'm wondering exatly how much my transmit and receive would go up ??

I will take the Wilson off the car and put my Fatboy back on for the weekend.Will bring the 5000 up to the mountain and you can get someone out at an appreciable distance and then change over to the 5000 and see if there is any difference.I would guess you will not see too much of a difference but we shall see Wink

Shawn

Night Hawk · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Fri May 02, 2008 8:16 am

You dont have to do all that. We could just swap coils for a couple of minutes to see if the receive is any different.

outlawmobile · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Fri May 02, 2008 8:27 am

Night Hawk wrote:

You dont have to do all that. We could just swap coils for a couple of minutes to see if the receive is any different.

otay

didnt realize they were interchangeable.Oh and the notification is working now Very Happy

Yeah we will have to try that out tonight.I am curious scratch

Shawn

Guest

The only difference really is the power handling capabilities. But I have noticed that the RX sensitivty on the 5000 isn't as good as the 1000. But that is just my opinion from what I have experienced on my set-up.

steved · Number of posts: 86 Registration date: 2008-05-02

I've run both...

The magnetic bases use the same coax...there is nothing different between a 1000/5000 as far as coax is concerned. The coax can be replaced, but if you run much power you might see the paint bubble under the magnet.

I saw just a little increase in both TX/RX going from a 1000 to a 5000. I would not spend the $$ to upgrade toa 5000 if I already had a 1000, not worth the little gain.

The biggest gain was going from a magnet mount to a true roof-mount...SWR is pretty much 1:1 across all 40.

binrat · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Fri May 02, 2008 9:08 pm

steved:
you are right. I went from mag mount to the true through the roof mount and noticed almost perfect match across all the channels.

binrat

Guest

binrat wrote:

steved:
you are right. I went from mag mount to the true through the roof mount and noticed almost perfect match across all the channels.

binrat

I have a 1.2:1 on my mag 1000 and I never adjusted the whip. I could get it lower if I cut the whip a little bit, but a 1.2:1 on all 40 is fine by me.

Night Hawk · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Sat May 03, 2008 1:18 am

Yea, I've got a 1:2 on all 40. I'm not concerned with the swr's. My receive's all jacked up though..... Neutral

Guest

Night Hawk wrote:

Yea, I've got a 1:2 on all 40. I'm not concerned with the swr's. My receive's all jacked up though..... Neutral

On the Cobra or the galaxy?

Night Hawk · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Sat May 03, 2008 1:23 am

570 wrote:

Night Hawk wrote:

Yea, I've got a 1:2 on all 40. I'm not concerned with the swr's. My receive's all jacked up though..... Neutral

On the Cobra or the galaxy?

On anything. Damn fords and their fuel pump noise.......

Guest

Night Hawk wrote:

570 wrote:

Night Hawk wrote:

Yea, I've got a 1:2 on all 40. I'm not concerned with the swr's. My receive's all jacked up though..... Neutral

On the Cobra or the galaxy?

On anything. Damn fords and their fuel pump noise.......

Have you tried a noise filter on the power wire right before the radio?

Night Hawk · Subject: Re: Wilson 1000 Vs Wilson 5000 Sat May 03, 2008 1:29 am

570 wrote:

Night Hawk wrote:

570 wrote:

Night Hawk wrote:

Yea, I've got a 1:2 on all 40. I'm not concerned with the swr's. My receive's all jacked up though..... Neutral

On the Cobra or the galaxy?

On anything. Damn fords and their fuel pump noise.......

Have you tried a noise filter on the power wire right before the radio?

Yup. My last resort is to ferrite choke the wires right at the fuel pump.