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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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Satellite Radio Antenna

I just bought a Sirius tuner for my Pioneer head unit. Where have you guys mounted your antenna? I don't really want to put it anywhere outside on the body. So I was thinking either on the dash way up front by the window, or on the rear brake light. I saw someone else do that in another post.
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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I put mine through the trunk,worked for me.


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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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^ That's also where mine is, works fine.
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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place mine right on the dash...up front ...where most alarm blinkers go...looks clean
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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mine is in the center of the dash as close to the windshield as possible.. works fine for me there
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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put it on the trunk, but underneath, or inside the trunk.
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ak47po
I put mine through the trunk,worked for me.


There's a clear piece of vinyl under the antenna to protect the paint.
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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mines on the right corner of passanger side of dash never bothers me there
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by M00kiE
mine is in the center of the dash as close to the windshield as possible.. works fine for me there
That's where my XM antenna is too.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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With Sirius what will work depends on where you live. There satellites move and coverage varies by direction of travel and time of day. I have an internal antenna on my windsheild, and another under the rear deck in the speaker hole.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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have you heard of a glass mounted antenna? I an article about it somewhere, but haven't seen one for sale
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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They are called Sigma internally. You can get them from some dealers when covertibles are equipped with Satellite radio,. I think Nissan parts offers it.
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 12:16 AM
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3rd brake light

Originally Posted by BillAce
With Sirius what will work depends on where you live. There satellites move and coverage varies by direction of travel and time of day...
This is true I have my Sirius inside of the 3rd brake light and it's been working well regardless of direction of travel recently. Two months ago I couldn't get reception when I travel north. BTW I am in Socal.
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 01:30 PM
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Mine is on the back deck of the car, near the rear window. I did not want it out on the trunk, cause of the looks of it. Works damm good just sitting on the back deck. Ran the wires up through the platic seat belt cover.

Jeller
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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I'm not sure how well some of these options would work for me up here in WA. We don't get as good of reception up here since the satellite is in geo-stationary orbit, meaning it's over the equator (at least for xm). That means in the northern latitudes it's much lower on the horizon than it is down in Cali, and line of site becomes an issue at times.
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