Sirius radio antenna blocked by camper

[Lockport]

Our 2016 Ford F-350 with a slide-in camper certification came with factory installed Sirius and has the Sirius antenna on the roof. So of course the camper blocks it about 50% of the time. Best Buy says antenna coax cannot be spliced or changed out if we got another antenna. They said we would have to buy another radio. Ford says not their problem and Sirius says they don't get involved with antenna placement. Any suggestions?

[Bumpyroad]

get a movable sirius/xm radio that has the ala carte option, select that and put a puck antenna on the roof. I assume your car radio has an AUX input. then get the alacarte plan with auto pay and you won't have to wrestle sirius/xm again at the end of the year to get a decent rate.
bumpy

[Lockport]

We have not taken the radio out yet. It is a factory install and the Best Buy people said the antenna is not connected via coax connector but is part of the radio itself. Has anyone removed a Ford radio? It is not the kind where you see the four holes in the face and use the Ford Radio Tool to remove. We have done that on other vehicles but this one looks a little more involved.

[rk911]

accsys wrote:
Sirius antennas and cables are widely available. A quick search on Amazon turned up just about anything you would need. Put the antenna wherever you want, run the cable to your Sirius box and plug in.

X2. i just bought a S/XM hockey puck style antenna with abt 20-ft of attached antenna wire and connector. right around $10, give or take.

[accsys]

Sirius antennas and cables are widely available. A quick search on Amazon turned up just about anything you would need. Put the antenna wherever you want, run the cable to your Sirius box and plug in.