Wilson Cell Booster?
Just thinking out loud but don't know much so here I am to ask.... So I have on the motorhome one of the older Wilson amps and trucker antenna with the necessary spacing between outside antenna, am...
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MrWizard wrote:
I have looked at the specs of these different packages sold by Wilson
It appears the same amp specs
It's the big pole and bigger antenna that produce more gain
I would use the old coax. The new equipment with a New multi band trucker antenna while driving , I wouldn't put any worry into the only use while stationary comment, I think that's CYA on case of stupid people
I looked up the spec's again. the RV 65 along with some of the other "RV" amps are 75 ohm output, NOT 50 ohm systems like many of the older amps were. Highly likely older non RV systems were 50 ohm. So highly likely one would need to replace the 50 ohm outside antenna cable and exisiting antenna with a 75 ohm system.
IMHO the switch to 75 ohm was a wise idea. Low loss 75 ohm cable is much less expensive and much smaller and easier to work with than an equivalent low loss 50 ohm system. The equiv 50 ohm cable is about 1/2" in diameter and almost a semi rigid cable and very expensive.
trucker antenna is 50 ohm. so to avoid impedance mismatch and high VSWR and gain loss you should use a 75 ohm external antenna. I don't think they make a 75 ohm trucker antenna, but the do make a 75 ohm omni with a build in ground plane.
Inside antenna system is still 50 ohm so no need to switch that.
RV65 amp give 15db more gain than the Drive X RV with 50db max gain, couple that with a taller pole and a directional antenna and overall system could be a winner in very low level signal areas.
Drive X RV is also a 75 ohm external impedance system. I have that unit in my RV and it works great.
Most of the other systems are 50 ohm.
