[C320-list] XM radio

[Allan Field]

Jim - I have had XM on Sea Shadow for about 2 years.  I tried a car antenna
for the first 2 years and it was not good.  To use it inside the boat, I
stuck a patch of Velcro on the portlight and a matching piece on the bottom
of the antenna and stuck the antenna to the portlight.  While in the slip,
the antenna had a north exposure so reception was not great.  So then I
would open the portlight and lay the antenna on top of the deck.  Reception
was great except that when it rained, water ran down the wire and into the
boat, even with the portlight closed.  So over this winter, I finally broke
down and installed the marine antenna.  A picture of the install is on the
C320 website under the Sea Shadow album.  The boat is still on the hard but
reception now is better even than in the car.  The hardest part of the
marine antenna install is drilling the holes in the SS tubes; I just wish I
had done it right the first time...

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD

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Subject: [C320-list] XM radio

I was interested in the discussion of XM radio. I notice that the car and  
boat antennas are different and the marine kit is much more expensive than
the  
car kit. Is it a different antenna or is it only nonmagnetic (not many
places 
to  stick it on glass)? Best Buy wasn't much help (they said it worked best 
when  pointed southeast-really). Can it pick up a signal inside the boat if 
close to a  hatch or port? The one installed in my car works in the garage. 
Regular radio  reception in our marina is poor at best. Jim Brown
Desafinado
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