Satellite radio antenna February 29, 2012, 11:11:45 am Yahoo Message Number: 128878I have a plug and play Sirius radio and would like to use it in my new LD. I did not get the satellite radio option because of price. My question is: Has any member here routed and mounted the antenna to their LD? I am looking for the best way to do it. Thank you
Re: Satellite radio antenna Reply #1 – February 29, 2012, 11:27:08 am Yahoo Message Number: 128880Quote "Has any member here routed and mounted the antenna to their LD? I am looking for the best way to do it." Thank yourvfriendly (no name)Dear rvfriendly I have a roof mounted GPS antenna that was installed by Mike Sylvester (The RV Guy). He used a through the roof device and routed the cable down into the cab area. Might want to check with himSteve S. Lazy Bones & Jiggs
Re: Satellite radio antenna Reply #2 – February 29, 2012, 11:46:22 am Yahoo Message Number: 128882We used a plug and play Sirius radio in our LD and just routed the antenna wire through the door and put the magnetic "hocky puck" antenna on the front fender. It stayed there even while traveling. Perhaps not an elegant solution, but certainly a cheap one! ;-)Linda Hylton http://earl-linda.blogspot.com
Re: Satellite radio antenna Reply #3 – February 29, 2012, 12:01:48 pm Yahoo Message Number: 128884You don't say what model you have. I added XM to our 2002 MB shortly after we got it. The antenna went on the roof near the fridge vent, and the cable came down the vent next to the cooling coils. LD runs wires through the floor of the fridge compartment into the compartment below. I dug enough sealant out of this hole to pass the antenna lead through and then resealed the hole. This was early
Re: Satellite radio antenna Reply #4 – February 29, 2012, 01:27:13 pm Yahoo Message Number: 128887Don't know what model LD you have, but in my '07TK, I simply opened the escape hatch and fastened the XM radio antenna to the roof with a silicon sealant. I used Lexell brand, but Liquid Nails Silicon would do the same. Those self stick white plastic wire channels from Home Depot were a great help in hiding the wires, and have stayed in place for 3 years now. Beverly
Re: Satellite radio antenna Reply #5 – March 01, 2012, 05:56:20 pm Yahoo Message Number: 128920I tried the antenna on the finder with my XM. It worked great as long as the antenna of "see" the southern sky. When I turned north I lost signal. When I first got XM they used a different group of satalites. I don't know if that is still true now that the two companies have merged. I'm going to try mounting just under the escape hatch on a brace using the amazing tape that paperwork talking about earlier. If all works well, I'll post a link to some pictures.
Re: Satellite radio antenna Reply #6 – March 01, 2012, 10:43:31 pm Yahoo Message Number: 128923"I tried the antenna on the finder with my XM."Did you mean "fender," John? "It worked great as long as the antenna [could] 'see' the southern sky." XM satellite radio uses two satellites in Clarke (geostationary) orbit, so they appear to hang motionless 23,000 miles above Earth's equator. Because we're considerably north of the equator, XM antennas need a reasonably clear view to the south to see those birds. The only exception is when you're near one of several hundred land-based "repeater" stations that rebroadcast the signal in places where it's likely to be blocked by buildings, tunnels, bridges, and the like. However, these repeaters have very short range and are almost all located in cities, so they don't do RVers much good. Sirius, the company that bought XM a few years back, uses several satellites in more complicated orbits for its service, which carries the same channels but uses different technology. The Sirius birds don't appear stationary in the sky, but at least one is over the continental US at all times. However, Sirius appears to be moving toward a Clarke-orbit setup similar to XM's, which would make it subject to blockage by obstacles (e.g., mountains, metal RV bodies) to the south of the antenna. The bottom line is that if you want to minimize interruptions, you need to make sure your XM or Sirius antenna has a clear view of the whole sky as much of the time as possible. These systems are pretty robust, but they can't see through sheet metal. :-)Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
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