Desert Captain wrote:
Has anyone out there installed Satellite Radio in your C and if so how did you deal with the antenna?
I had 2 different add-on Sirius Sat. radios in my 22' Class C RV for about 10 years.
The square, magnetic, antenna lives under the airbed in the cab over.
When Sirius says that the antenna needs a clear view of the sky, they mean a clear view at the 2 GHz radio frequencies the radio uses, NOT at human vision light frequencies. Of course, having NO obstruction at all helps.
The satellite downlink radio signals are very near the same frequencies as Wi-Fi, so the same reception principles apply.
By the way, that little wire from the antenna to the radio is not a simple little wire. It is a Co-Axial cable consisting of a tiny insulated wire that it wrapped in a metal foil shield. DO NOT kink, smash, or cut it. You will never get it spliced back together.
Tim
