Walt,

For what it's worth, I understand xm is going to put up another satellite which is supposed to help reception in currently poor-reception areas.  Not sure just
when this is supposed to happen, so maybe you should see if  you can check this out before investing a lot of money.

Don

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:21:48 -0400, Walt Smith wrote:

The problem is that the point at which I want to locate the receiver is
nowhere near a window and stringing a lot of wire isn't an attractive option
at all. I may have to invest another $170 in the XM repeater that I found
online and that isn't very good news either, but it beats stringing all that
wire. The antenna that came with my Roady 2 home kit simply doesn't work
very well indoors at my location.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Outdoor XM radio antennas


Since XM's signal is on a wavelength of perhaps 7 inches, the little
antennas they supply can do about as much as you would want, unless
you built a beam or a helical antenna and pointed it at the
satellite.  I get excellent reception out my front window, and can
also move the antenna from the window sill to the floor with no
noticeable effects.  Perhaps an antenna with some gain would help
during times of heavy precipitation, I don't know.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:44:16 -0400, Walt Smith wrote:

>Does anybody know if there's such a thing as an outdoor antenna capable of
>receiving XM Radio signals? I'm thinking of something similar to a Ringo
>Ranger that I could mount on the roof of my house. I've done several net
>searches and checked out most of the logical places and have yet to find
>anything other than indoor or mobile antennas. Thanks.

> --
> Walt Smith - Clearwater, FL

Some people think that the devil is in the details.  Actually, God is in the
details.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
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