Reddit Reddit reviews WILSON 305-38 300-Watt Little Wil Magnet Mount Antenna

We found 8 Reddit comments about WILSON 305-38 300-Watt Little Wil Magnet Mount Antenna. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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WILSON 305-38 300-Watt Little Wil Magnet Mount Antenna
300 Watts Power Handling Capability (ICAS)Large 10 oz magnetHeavy-Duty Coil Uses 14-Gauge Copper Wire36" 17-7 PH Stainless Steel Whip Base Load AntennaMade with High Impact Thermoplastic. Low Loss Coil Design
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8 Reddit comments about WILSON 305-38 300-Watt Little Wil Magnet Mount Antenna:

u/BlakDrgn · 2 pointsr/Trucking

I'd honestly recommend a magnetic LilWil wilson, and one of the smaller cb radios you could plug into the cigg adapter. Handhelds are crap unless the antenna is extended completely.

http://www.amazon.com/WILSON-305-38-300-Watt-Little-Antenna/dp/B001AAT94W/

http://www.amazon.com/COBRA-MOBILE-COMPACT-INST-19ULTRAIII/dp/B003EB38C4/

http://www.amazon.com/K40-K403CBPP-2-Wire-Cigarette-Lighter/dp/B001JT98S6/

$76.88 and you can take it from truck to truck. It'd kick the crap out of a handheld any day.

For a non shit handheld yer gonna be paying 50-70 anyways.

As for mounting it I'll leave that up to you. The speaker is on the bottom of it so theres that.

u/amd_kenobi · 2 pointsr/overlanding

That inreach explorer you have should pretty well cover you on the emergency comms side of things. In that case I'd get a simple CB setup like this Uniden and a mag mount like a K30 or a little wil. That will cover vehicle to vehicle comms out to several miles and help keep you informed on road conditions.

u/DegenerateMotoring · 1 pointr/ft86

They definitely do have crap range inside with the default antenna, but using an external antenna would remedy that. Theres a ton of 300-500 watt antennas on Amazon that mount with a magnet. Unscrew the default one replace with one like the little wil and boom better range.

u/GWash1776 · 1 pointr/cbradio

Same exact one that /u/ImALittleCrackpot posted!

But when I purchased mine, I didn't need to buy a separate co-ax like they mentioned. My Little Wil antenna has one permanently attached to it. About 18' long.

Here it is

u/SpottyMatt · 1 pointr/cbradio

I have the K30 on top of my Camry now.

It's a 35" antenna: Shorter than the Firestiks, K40, and the same-ish length as the "Lil Wil."

Even that is pushing the height, as I have to stop and take my antenna off before going into many parking garages now (I just unscrew the antenna from the mount and stash it inside the car). If you don't want to have to do that, figure out what your maximum height is going to be for the places you're likely to go, and then stay under that when choosing an antenna. You won't get as good performance as if you had a full-length antenna... but you'll probably get good enough and you've already decided you're not mounting an 8.5 foot antenna so it's moot.

You could have a slightly longer antenna if you mounted it to your trunk, than to your roof. Different people will tell you differently about whether that's going to help at all and I'm not a radio engineer so I can't help you there. With that in mind, most of the antennae suggested so far would probably work for your form factor (amazon links chosen at random, for illustrative purposes only):

  • 4' firestik
  • K30
  • K40
  • Lil' Wil

    With my 35" antenna around 7 feet in the air, powered by my 4-watt car radio, the longest I've skipped a clear conversation is ~1,348 miles (and I receive from all of the US, southern Canada, and Hawaii). I don't have a decent measure of the line-of-sight range yet as there seem to be precious few locals around where I live.

    I note that it looks like the Firestiks are often sold separately from their mounts, whereas the Lil' Wil and K30/40 come with everything you need (antenna, mount, coax).
u/rambler429 · 1 pointr/CarAV

For a car like yours and for what you want to do, I would go with this:

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https://www.amazon.com/WILSON-305-38-300-Watt-Little-Antenna/dp/B001AAT94W/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=wilson+1000&qid=1550015738&s=gateway&sr=8-2

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Inexpensive. Quality. They've been making them for decades and they work quite well.

u/ImALittleCrackpot · 1 pointr/cbradio

Not necessarily at night, just whenever you're done driving for the day and getting ready to sleep.

If you want something small, look at the Midland 75-822 and a Wilson Little Wil antenna. That Midland CB comes with a car adapter that basically makes the whole unit a CB mic with all the controls on it.

Edit: and you'll need separate co-ax cable to connect the CB and the antenna.