Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Why the Wilson "Little Wil" Performs Better The "Little Wil" uses Wilsons exclusive low loss coil design and is patterned after the proven performance of the Wilson 1000 and 500. The "Little Wil" out performs all similar types of small base loaded antennas. It was designed specifically for users who want a high performance antenna with a short whip, at a low price. The Wilson tradition of designing an antenna that offers maximum efficiency for the cost is continued with the "Little Wil". The Large 10 oz. Magnet used in the "Little Wil" is the first indication of the attention to detail, engineering, quality and design that makes the antenna perform so well. The strength and holding power of the larger magnet will prove itself the first time extra speed is needed to pass the auto ahead, or on those rough and bumpy roads. The "Little Wil" hangs on long after other small antennas have fallen off and become lost and wasted money. Wilson uses 14 gauge wire to provide the maximum power handling for a small antenna. When combined with Wilsons exclusive coil winding method that allows air to flow completely around the wire, its maximum power handling is approximately 300 watts. With its total height of only 38", when mounted on the trunk lid of most automobiles, you can safely drive into your garage without damaging the antenna or the car from the overhead door. When driving into those multi-level parking garages, at the office or shopping center, you no longer must remove the antenna. If your looking for a low cost, high quality antenna with a low profile design, the "Little Wil" is your solution.
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Customer Reviews
Great CB antenna November 24, 2008
Richard Hackbarth (sw mi)
This antenna has served perfectly for my use in a pickup as I travel. Makes my cobra work and sound great. Attached by a magnet that does not move.
Gold Standard for entrance into real CB performance August 22, 2008
Brian W. Cockrell (Shreveport, LA USA)
If you want to buy a CB, anyone radio will do for normal everyday use. However, the antenna makes or brakes you. After frustratingly buying several smaller more discreet antennas, I purchased the Little Wil. I prowled the internet and it seems near unanimous that the Little Wil is the best and smallest low-price antenna you can buy and still get the performance you'd expect out of a CB. The antenna is around 3 feet, which, while not tiny, is not big by CB standards. Properly tuned, this antenna will get you several miles of communication. I travel daily in areas where cell phones don't get out, so this was a good investment for me.
Good magnet mount car antenna November 26, 2007
DrZ (Chicago, IL, USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Pros:
- Very strong magnet attaches firmly to the vehicle
- Narrow whip poses little wind resistance (see importance in the text below)
Cons:
- Nothing compares to the 102" whip (any junk CB station will sound like the most expensive electronics work of art with a 102" antenna, but a whip of this length is not feasible on a regular passenger car).
This antenna is reasonably long for a four-wheeler (passenger car), and still not too long for low ceiling garages and similar spaces.
The truck drivers have been my best friends from the moment I realized how helpful they can be on the CB radio waves and nowadays mainly for security reasons I refuse to drive on a highway without a CB station. I have a number of them and a number of magnet mount antennas. One of them was almost as long/high as this one, but was wider and had a weaker magnet, so one very windy day while I was driving quite fast on the highway the wind blew it off my roof (and kept me wondering for 10 seconds how on earth it can hail on a sunny day, till I stopped and saw that the antenna was hanging by the wire and flipping left and right across the roof of my car). After that experience I used a much shorter, about 10" antenna which can never be blown away, but its reception and transmission abilities are pitiful. Little Wil antenna has the best value for me because of its combination of length, magnet strength and narrow profile for low wind resistance, and its thin and very flexible whip can get through even lowest garages.
one of the must haves February 16, 2006
Javid Akbar (usa)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
strong magnetic hold and easy to mount anywhere on truck and car. no more fiddling around with swr meter
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