Hello Drifter:

Yeah what they said!

I had a local who placed the magnetic mount Wilson 1000 on his Swap
Cooler, that of course had a lot of metal for a ground plane. He had to
add on a coax extension, and ran barefoot. But was able to converse with
all the locals, and make the coffee shop get 2 gethers on time. It surly
isn't a skip shootin antenna.

One nut cake ran a Wilson 1000 on his refregrator, and a Palmar Skipper
300 Linear. This was a TVI and all kinds of Interference looking for a
place to happen. He lived in a apartment house, and was soon evicted.
Probably for not listening to Jay in the Mojave! (Oh Brother!)

Jay in the Mojave

Scott in Baltimore wrote:

Drifter wrote:

I want to connect a mobile CB radio to a power supply in the garage.

My question: Is it possible to use my Wilson 1000 as a type of "base

station" antenna or will I have to purchase an antenna designed just

for base station use?

Any tips and info will be greatly appreciated.



You can use a Wilson 1000 as a base antenna IF you put a car sized
ground plane under it, although four 8.6 foot radials would work
as well. A full size antenna will gather more signal.