general equipment question

[chaparral]

first i'll say if i'm not in the correct forum for my question, i do apologize, i'm new to the forum an all you have to do is direct me in the direction i need to be in.

Ok. Question is, I have a magnum s-3 and recently purchased a galaxy 250 box to go with it. I have what is called a Little Will antenna.. I am assuming that what i have isnt anything to significantly bad ass considering some of the rigs I am finally able to see on here. but on the other hand I have no ideal what I really have.

So if your familiar with what i am working with, do you have an opinion on the set up, what my basic needs are is i travel throughout the mid west and enjoy talking but back and forth between drivers and other radio owners. but in the quest to have some power i picked up the galaxy. im having it matched to the radio etc tomorrow but overall want to know what others think of the two. I also have an astatic mic with the radio.

 

[binrat]

Personally I would ditch the antenna and get something better like Wilson 5000 or a Sirio 5000.

 

[kd-5-bgt]

The radio and amp are fine...as long as the radio is set up for that amp..dead key and swing set properly as not to over drive the amp.


The antenna is not made to handle the power of that amp reguardless of what the antenna is rated at.I had the Little Wil is a great little antenna as long as you are running under 50 watts of power.

I would agree with above.... Wilson 5000,3000 or even a good old 102 inch whip would be a better antenna to run

 

[9C1Driver]

While I do agree with what has been said, the Lil Wil can and will work if that is what you must run. It is rated at 300 watts. With the proper radio settings into your amplifier the most you will peak at is 130-170 honest watts.

Many years ago a local security guy ran a Cobra 29 into a Palomar 250 on a Lil Wil mounted on an S10 blazer. He talked all over town and sounded perfect. This worked for light duty casual talking.

 

[Mudfoot]

Hook it up and run it. The antenna will handle that box. You can always look around for a good used higher gain, higher capacity antenna later.

 

[Crusher]

As stated make sure radio is set up for that amp. It only needs a 2 Watt carrier into it. Anymore and you'll burn up the swamping resistors on the input of amp.