Lazy Daze Owners' Group

I bought a SiriusXM SXV300V1 Satellite Radio Vehicle Tuner to go with the SiriusXM-ready Sony radio that came with the LD.  I was hoping I didn’t have to get on the roof so I tried setting the antenna on the dash and up in the overhead but to my dismay I was getting dropouts when camped near trees and driving under overpasses.  Ok, so where on the roof would be out of the way, easy to install and have a full view of the sky?  I decided to put it on top of the refrigerator vent and while I haven’t driven under any overpasses yet, I’m not seeing any dropouts while camped under trees 

If anyone is interested, here’s how I mounted the antenna…
I had some 3M VHB Tape and Aluminum Foil Duct Tape left over from a previous project.  At Home Depot I picked up a 4” Electrical Box Cover and some Wiremold CordMate Cord Cover along with various elbow and corner pieces.

I removed the 4 screws holding the refrigerator cover in place and cut away one half of the leaf screen over the vent.  From inside the chimney I drilled a 1/2 inch hole through the wall and into the coach coming out high on the wall behind the driver’s seat.  I fished the antenna wire though and covered the hole with aluminum foil tape to keep flying bugs out.  I then used some aluminum foil tape to hold the leaf screen in place and replaced the vent cover.  Then washed and cleaned the area with acetone and attached the electrical cover with VHB tape.  After positioning the antenna on the electrical plate and using some aluminum foil tape to keep the antenna wire from flapping around, I was more than ready to come down from the roof.

The last step was to run the antenna wire down through the wiremold, under the driver side threshold and up to the radio.  That took some time and a lot of measuring and cutting but I think it came out pretty good.

Hint: I did have to consult YouTube to see how to remove the radio from the dash.  No tools required except for 2 table knives.  The radio I have is a single DIN and to remove it you first remove the control head and pull off the plastic trim piece.  Then slide a table knife on each side of the radio between the radio and the metal shell that surrounds the radio.  The radio should now pull straight out.

- John

Hint: I did have to consult YouTube to see how to remove the radio from the dash.  No tools required except for 2 table knives.  The radio I have is a single DIN and to remove it you first remove the control head and pull off the plastic trim piece.  Then slide a table knife on each side of the radio between the radio and the metal shell that surrounds the radio.  The radio should now pull straight out.

- John

I think you have a vent where the hatch was.  I had the escape hatch but instead of doing what Larry did (I am not as competent) I simply put a steel washer under the magnet on the antenna with the screen sandwiched between the magnet and the antenna.  I don't think the antenna is so big as to really bother airflow.  You would have to check fan clearance though.