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It is made by Delphi, and designed to work with their radios.  I
believe that I received info about it in snail mail. It costs $169.

Andy
At 06:08 PM 12/18/2005, you wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I was looking on the xm site and at the online store.  I don't see
>anything that looks like an xm repeater.  I also did a search and it
>came up empty.  I must be
>missing something.
>
>Unless you use the regular home antenna, reception is not very good
>here and both the clip-on and built-in myfi antennas are about
>worthless.  I'm located
>in central California.
>
> From all reports, I get the feeling the people in the east have a
> better shot at the satellite than we do out here as I've talked to
> people who use the myfi as a
>portable quite successfully.
>
>So, I'm thinking some sort of repeater might be helpful here at
>least for portable listening around the house.
>
>Don  W6SMB
>
>On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:08:19 -0500, Steve Dresser wrote:
>
>John,
>
>When I first got XM, I really wanted a repeater, but none was
>available at the time.  Now that I can get one, however, I'm not sure
>I want to spend the money.
>
>Steve
>
>On Sunday 12/18/05 18:19 John Miller wrote:
> >OK, I haven't seen anything about it but I haven't been to the site in a
> >while, I'll have to check that out! a bit more than I'd want to spend, but,
> >why not.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 3:34 PM
> >Subject: Re: Satellite Radio
>
>
> >John,
>
> >You can find information about repeaters on the XM site:
> >www.xmradio.com
>
> >The repeater sells for $169.95, and for a while they were offering it
> >for $119.95.
>
> >Steve
>
> >On Sunday 12/18/05 08:16 John Miller wrote:
> > >where did you see this? I haven't seen it, might be worth looking in to.
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 12:43 AM
> > >Subject: Re: Satellite Radio
> > >
> > >
> > >You might want to inquire into whether or not you can get a
> > >repeater.  Delphi sells a repeater for their XM radios.  You place
> > >the repeater in a location that can receive the signal, then you
> > >place the receiver antenna wherever you want, and the
> > >repeater  transmits the signal to the receiver.
> > >
> > >Andy
>
>
>
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