Sirius antenna booster?
04-06-2009, 06:12 PM
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Sirius antenna booster?
Anyone out there tried adding an antenna booster? My old XM radio that I had installed in my Toyota Tacoma had a "Thru the Glass" antenna, and it was powered through the battery to boost the signal. I never had any reception issues. This system on the stock radio is constantly loosing reception and I am still driving the same old roads. Any thoughts??
04-06-2009, 06:40 PM
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the reception issue is Sirius not the antenna, I have had XM for years got Sirius for the wife before the buy and the reception was crap back then. I do recall a thread some where that someone found a booster but not sure where. You can try a search in this section to see if it pops up. I lose my signal in the same places every day when i leave work. After the buy out Sirius ruined satellite radio.
04-07-2009, 12:30 PM
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The reason for the dropped signal with SIRIUS is your antenna needs to have line of sight access to one of the three satellites in the constellation, if there is something in the way it will take a lot of amplification to overcome the blockage. XM is not purely space based and uses ground repeaters to supplement the coverage of their two satellites.
06-23-2009, 05:53 PM
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06-24-2009, 08:17 PM
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Mine cuts out on a certain section of a main road with no apparent obstacles in the way. No buildings, trees, wires; nothing.
There is just a signal shadow there for some reason.
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06-25-2009, 02:40 AM
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I noticed a significant drop in signal quality between this past winter and late spring - - signal drops all over the place where it didn't before. At first I thought it might be atmosphere related, ie. higher heat, summer ozone, etc......then duh, it hit me - Its the damn leaves on the trees!!!! 
I get that signal issues will exist under bridges, in building shadows, etc, but how lame is a radio system that can't conquer a freaking tree.....
I get that signal issues will exist under bridges, in building shadows, etc, but how lame is a radio system that can't conquer a freaking tree.....
06-25-2009, 02:57 AM
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This thread https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...sirius+antenna has some info. about cowl mounting the antenna. See MaloCS post with the pics. I haven't done it yet, but it's definitely on my list.
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I noticed a significant drop in signal quality between this past winter and late spring - - signal drops all over the place where it didn't before. At first I thought it might be atmosphere related, ie. higher heat, summer ozone, etc......then duh, it hit me - Its the damn leaves on the trees!!!!
I get that signal issues will exist under bridges, in building shadows, etc, but how lame is a radio system that can't conquer a freaking tree.....
I get that signal issues will exist under bridges, in building shadows, etc, but how lame is a radio system that can't conquer a freaking tree.....