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Re: XM Antenna
Posted by Craig [Email] (more from Craig) on Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:04:00
In Reply to: XM Antenna, Troutman, Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:57:21
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I have an '87 9kT and have tried a couple different locations.
The first was up on the dash. The routing was easy. I went under the glove box, up the A-pillar trim and between the windsheild and dash top. Reception was great around town and during my commute. There seems to be a number of repeaters in my area that would pick up the slack. Out of town, away from repeaters, and on the insterstate I would definitely get cut-outs. Not to the point of it really being unacceptable, but not great either. I had the antenna right next to the windscreen, but left enough slack so I could pull it further out onto the dash which helped. However, in some heavily wooded or mountainous area, it was useless. I ended up installing it on the roof, near the corner of the front door A-pillar and windscreen. The routing was simply, as I ran it behind the door weather stripping. I think it looks pretty inconspicuous, and better than on the rear of the roof, IMHO. Reception is now great virtually anywhere.
You can certainly try it on the dash, but be prepared to move it to the roof in it doesn't work out.
Craig
'87 9kT 285k
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