I have both XM and Sirius, XM indoor unit works great, almost anywhere. Sirius is just awful. I have tried different antennas, extended the antenna to the top of my roof, out to the yard, all in areas with a clear view to every direction of the sky. Sometimes if I am lucky I can find a spot where it will come in but at most it will make it through most of a game and totally disappears. I know some will disagree but honestly I think your disagreement is based on content and you are listening in your car where I have no experience with Sirius reception. And yes do live in a city where Sirius says they have ground repeaters or whatever they are called. It is so bad I finally tuned it off, sadly, for the last time this weekend. It is just too frustrating and terrible signal quality. I have tried this and it has been consistently bad in Louisiana, New York,Tennessee and CT, so I don;t think it's just where I am now. Does anyone else have this problem? I am talking about home units and indoor and outdoor antennas only, not cars. Like I said, it may work fine in cars. Does anyone know why their reception is soo bad? I don't get it. XM indoor antenna will even work in the basement. So I hope in the short term the best of XM includes all or most of the NFL games and in the long term after 5 years they just junk the Sirius equipment or replace it with something that works. That is unless I am missing something. All suggestions are welcome because I really hate to turn off my Sirius set.
Need advice regarding Sirius reception
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I have an old Exact Sirius receiver on my Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R.
The antenna is on the left mirror top. That thing pics up signal inside my garage!
It is picking up the satellite signal (no terrestrial repeaters around here).
The SV1 in my truck will lose signal on the drop of a hat. I don't think the receivers are created equally.
The antenna is on the left mirror top. That thing pics up signal inside my garage!
It is picking up the satellite signal (no terrestrial repeaters around here).
The SV1 in my truck will lose signal on the drop of a hat. I don't think the receivers are created equally.
XM has many more ground repeaters and that is what you are probably picking up instead of the satellite. Sirius only has a few in the major cities because their satellites are more overhead than the XM satellites which are over the equator and suffer from building and hill blockage more. You need to place your Sirius antenna outside or next to a window that faces the central US to get a good signal.
I did all that and I live in a city
with a repeater. Granted that repeater could be blocked, but I had this same problem in Memphis, Louisiana and the flatlands of Texas with the antenna on an extension up to 50 ft away from the house. This is a problem a lot of people I have spoken too seem to have with Sirius home units, not cars
with a repeater. Granted that repeater could be blocked, but I had this same problem in Memphis, Louisiana and the flatlands of Texas with the antenna on an extension up to 50 ft away from the house. This is a problem a lot of people I have spoken too seem to have with Sirius home units, not cars
I have had mine here in Memphis over the last 2 years without any issues at all and in Phoenix before that.
