I have no south facing windows on this house at all though so that might be
a problem too but even on cape cod where I go on vacation, we do have a
south facing window and there I can't do it inside the window unless I have
it inside the screen but outside the glass, and just to the right millionth
of an inch, easier hanging it outside the window and sticking it in the
shutters where it's much better.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Satellite Radio
> Wonder if this is a geographic thing? I get excellent reception with my XM
> antenna placed in a south-facing window, but I'm a lot further south than
> you to begin with.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 5:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Satellite Radio
>
>
> I have yet to get a signal from inside a window. XM has on the web site
> about what frequencies they use, it's up there, in the 5 GHz area, not
> sure
> exactly where off hand. I've never had a signal here or where I go on
> vacation though on cape cod with an antenna inside. My home setup I have
> now
> though it will soon be replaced by my myfi and that will be the only one I
> have, but the home unit I have now, what I did with the magnetic car
> antenna
> which I don't think was supposed to come with this one but it did, anyway,
> I
> have that magneted to the stand offs for 1 of my ham radio antennas
> believe
> it or not and it works very well. ON vacation I used the myfi and just
> hung
> the home antenna out the window by the wire and that worked, then I worked
> out something with it and 1 of the shutters so it wasn't hanging like
> that.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Bolduc" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:57 PM
> Subject: Satellite Radio
>
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> Does anybody have an idea as to what frequency range the satellite radio
> Sirius transmit on? I have one of these radios and the small dipole
> antenna
> works OK in the open, but we don't get much of a signal from any window in
> the house. I have several antennas on the top of the tower that I know
> would work better if I had an idea as to what frequency they use.
>
> The mag mount that comes with the mobile setup can be placed on a large
> tray
> and bring in a better signal than the dipole. I would use the mag mount
> all
> the time except that there is no way of keeping the tray outside our
> window
> on the second floor.
>
> Thank you for any information you can pass on.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
>
> Paul Bolduc
>
> Amateur Radio Operator: WR1X
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
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> the
> world!
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