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A weakness of XM Radio is the reception. Here in Seattle we have terrestrial repeaters so reception is not terrible, however, if your equipment (tuner) is in a basement, like mine, you might have reception troubles which translate to either no audio or drop outs. To combat the problem, I ordered a Terk XM6
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The kit includes a F-Connector to XM antenna connector (SMB) which just screws to the end of your terminated RG-6. Then that just plugs into your antenna jack.
Before this upgrade, I had one to two bars on my XM tuner. Now, it reads full strength and have not experienced any drop outs. If you are experiencing XM reception problems, I highly recommend getting the Terk XM6
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Question - from what material did you build that antenna base module? Looks like cinder blox, what's it on top of, and have you weatherproofed it at all? Are the weights attached to the base, or just placed on top?
Question - from what material did you build that antenna base module? Looks like cinder blox, what's it on top of, and have you weatherproofed it at all? Are the weights attached to the base, or just placed on top?
Al,
It's a surface roof mount I bought from my distributor. I didn't want to drill any holes into my root so I bought this type. It's made to fit six cinder blocks. There are holes to mount the dish to. Let me know if you want more info. It's pretty inexpensive.
Danny
Al,
It's a surface roof mount I bought from my distributor. I didn't want to drill any holes into my root so I bought this type. It's made to fit six cinder blocks. There are holes to mount the dish to. Let me know if you want more info. It's pretty inexpensive.
Danny
Looking for the correct xm input connector for my Harmon Kardon AVR 745. Help!
Looking for the correct xm input connector for my Harmon Kardon AVR 745. Help!
Does anybody know if the XM6 also picks up terrestrial repeaters well?
Does anybody know if the XM6 also picks up terrestrial repeaters well?