Installing Satellite radio antenna
My 2016 Jayco Greyhawk 29 MV has a Jensen radio that is SiriusXM ready. I have purchased the kit to activate the radio which includes a module and an antenna. I need to install the antenna without put...
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Don't drill anything. Antenna installation is not that hard.
Because the Sirius/XM satellite broadcasts in the same frequency band as Wi-Fi, the rules for antenna placement and signal reception are pretty much the same. You don't put your Wi-Fi antenna outside on the roof.
When they say that the antenna needs a clear view of the sky, they mean at RADIO frequencies (no metal in the way), not optical light frequencies.
IF you have a fiberglass or rubber roof, you probably do not need to put the antenna outside and/or on the roof.
In our previous Class C, the antenna lived under the air bed in the cabover. In our newer Class C, the antenna lives flat on the dash, near the windshield and between the windshield wipers. ALWAYS have the magnetic side of the antenna down.
Try several easy locations INSIDE before going for the hard locations OUTSIDE.
Good luck with getting up and running. Feel free to PM me if you want more specifics. I am an EE and a Ham operator.
Tim
Because the Sirius/XM satellite broadcasts in the same frequency band as Wi-Fi, the rules for antenna placement and signal reception are pretty much the same. You don't put your Wi-Fi antenna outside on the roof.
When they say that the antenna needs a clear view of the sky, they mean at RADIO frequencies (no metal in the way), not optical light frequencies.
IF you have a fiberglass or rubber roof, you probably do not need to put the antenna outside and/or on the roof.
In our previous Class C, the antenna lived under the air bed in the cabover. In our newer Class C, the antenna lives flat on the dash, near the windshield and between the windshield wipers. ALWAYS have the magnetic side of the antenna down.
Try several easy locations INSIDE before going for the hard locations OUTSIDE.
Good luck with getting up and running. Feel free to PM me if you want more specifics. I am an EE and a Ham operator.
Tim
