When a Wilson Little Wil is not? But could be a Maas KM-100

5/8 100w Max Handling comes with 5m of cable and stands 1 metre 7 tall



Wilson recently stopped there production in the USA, and moved it all to China

And i leave you to guess where this Maas antenna is made?

But, there is also

Maas KM 500
Maas KM 1000

And they have more than a passing likeness

Notice anything the same??

HI! My name is Carolyn and I have been a saleperson for Wilson antenna for the last 10 years.
It has come to our attention that Maas has knocked off some of our antenna models, I have 2 pieces sitting here in the office.
You are correct when you mentioned that the Little Wils have been moved to China,however, the W500,W1000's,W5000's,T5000's are still made in Illinois (USA).
I wanted to set the record straight. Have a wonderful day!

Carolyn

good antennas . but ive seen these maas verisions before on e bay ..but i will stick with my sirio 4000 for now

Wilson and Maas are not the same antenna. This was the only point that I was attempting to make. I have never heard of Serio brand antennas. They must not be well known here in the U.S. Are they CB mobiles? Are they a "ham" antenna? Base antenna?

carolyn wrote: Wilson and Maas are not the same antenna. This was the only point that I was attempting to make. I have never heard of Serio brand antennas. They must not be well known here in the U.S. Are they CB mobiles? Are they a "ham" antenna? Base antenna?

The new Wilson Antennas, little wil are now produced in China as you mention and Maas are produced at the same facility in China. And thats direct from the people that make the Maas antenna. Inside of Germany, the Little Wil is around the 40euro mark, and the Maas is 30 ish and the Maas 1000 is at 80euro and the Wilson 1000 is 100euro plus, and sure when you look inside they are almost the same as sure you see when you look.

BUT IN TESTS:

Wilson 1000 takes more power, and has better signal to noise ratio than the Maas.

www.sirioantenne.it

Direct Link for you

Thanks for the link. I will check them out...never hurts to learn something new! I will check with upper management to see if Maas is having his antennas made at the same facility...interesting.

Carolyn

Well I emailed and asked a contact of mine in Hong Kong and they told me was the same concern that made the antennas. When you seem them they look the same, sure. But at the moment and in last few weeks have seen CB radios like Superstar 3900 with a chinese circuit board and components, some Uniden stuff that looks the same but when you look inside there is one or two components different.

Fakes, thats the biggest threat to the hobby at the moment.

Nokia N97 fakes are here
Iphone fakes are here
Fake Unidens
Fake Superstar 3900's

Terrible Indeed.

Unfortunately, you are 100% correct. At this rate, China is going to own the world....this is why we are all at the cusp of financial ruin. They're shipping all of our jobs to China and India among other countries. It is sad, just as you say....

I recently had a run in with Nevada over an antenna that was being sold on ebay as "Manufactured by Comet"
When it arrived it was a cheap chinese copy.
I phoned & said first the antenna was not supplied with the advertised mag mount, which they said they would sort asap.
Then I said it was however not as advertised & was not manufactured by Comet & that's when the problems started.
To Say Nevada were unprofessional in their attitude & lacking in any form of respect for the customer would be a understatement.
In the end I took out several grievances against them with ebay & paypal as I could not get a simple written confirmation from them that they would reimburse my postage costs when I returned the misdescribed antenna.
The problem was resolved in the end, but beware it's not only back street cowboys selling fakes, it's also very well known dealers who should know better.
Oh & Nevada did try to say these antennas were manafactured for Comet, but they were packaged, labelled % had instructions with a non Comet name on it & although I do truely belive in Fairies at the bottom of the garden. I still find it hard to belive that someone manafcturing these for Comet would pay for all of that if Comet were going to sell them in thier own packaging etc etc.

Nice pooch!! There are some very unscrupulous vendors on EBay and some of the other sites. When we have a customer call in who has purchased off of one of those sites, we cringe! Our company policy is that all returns, from the consumer end, must have a dated sales receipt. I have been amazed at product that has come back to us that was OLD and very used and abused...that is why the receipt now. No receipt, no warranty. But what those fellows did was just wrong! They completely misrepresented the product. Anytime that the consumer can furnish a dated sales receipt and the antenna is under warranty, we replace it,period. However, none of our antennas come with a lifetime warranty ,nor are they
warranteed against abuse.
We have consumers calling in all of the time looking for dealers...they are few and far between these days due to cell phones..so many times, we give them the web address to our dealers that we know and trust. That drives business both ways.

Nevada are one of the largest Amateur Radio dealers in the UK. They come from Southampton & are main dealers for a number of brands including Comet.

I see. I am going to have to do some research at home this weekend and see what I can find out about these different antenna brands. I think everyone should get a CB and get back into it. If "something" should happen...something BIG, cell phones will be useless, but if you have a battery, you can "talk". I had customers from Louisiana tell me that when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, people with CB's knew where to go and find help, people with cell phones were not so lucky.

I know this is off topic, but...
Look up Canada & the 1989 X15 solar flare. This flare also effected the USA & UK to a much lesser extent, but it is a reality that these solar flare can & do totally kill power stations.
http://www.solarstorms.org/SWChapter1.html

Also look at what happened during the London Underground attacks, I would guess a similar thing happened during 9/11. Everyone tried to use mobile phones & the system crashed.

carolyn wrote: Wilson and Maas are not the same antenna. This was the only point that I was attempting to make. I have never heard of Serio brand antennas. They must not be well known here in the U.S. Are they CB mobiles? Are they a "ham" antenna? Base antenna?

sirio is a italian made antenna wich is very popular in the uk. i use the 4000 for mobile dx work with very good results