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F4Pilot

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 3:32 PM / IP Logged

1. Has anyone mounted an XM antenna to the bumper inside the bodywork?

2. Has anyone mounted a through-glass type antenna?

Any problems with reception on either?

02 Odyssey / 99 F4

SnomanF150

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 8:47 PM / IP Logged

XM antenna has to have a clear, unobstructed view of the sky.. I have put on the glass mount antennas and they only thing I have to say about them is that they are just plain ugly.. the Terk Roof mount is out most popular model..

George

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 8:50 PM / IP Logged

an thing you do like snow said has to have clear view i have done sirius sat in the car on the front dash as close to window as possible. and it works fine try that if you want.,

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 9:04 PM / IP Logged

i would agree..the glass mount antenna is not asthetically pleasing, plus any curvature in the glass will not allow the adhesive tape to set properly...(it will fall off eventually ) however the roof mount antennas provide many installation options...i've installed them on the front cowl of hard body jeeps just before the hood...on the left and right sides of cargo vans (above the side doors),on the rear deck of any vehicles, and of course the trunk lid and just forward of the rear window on the roof...these installations all receive a proper signal.......

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SnomanF150

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 9:33 PM / IP Logged

Did you know that the 3M tape on the terk antenna are aviation double stick.. good for up to 500MPH! Impressive..

George

David's Car Stereo

Baton Rouge, LA

Dave1984

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 11:47 PM / IP Logged

I have found when I put in my XM antenna that it worked fine when I just put it on the rear deck of my car. Best Buy, where I bought the radio at said that they have put the antenna there on a lot of cars.

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Posted: December 12, 2002 at 11:56 PM / IP Logged

Hey Snoman,

A little off the subject but 3M should think about having some of that installed into homes here in Florida for those nasty hurricanes that we get! XM Antenna Location - Last Post -- posted image.

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Posted: December 13, 2002 at 6:21 AM / IP Logged

I have the through glass antenna and have had no problems. I think where people are having the problems with the glass antenna is because they are using the treks glass antenna. I have the one made by Antenna Specialist. It uses double sided tape but also uses silcone to keep to the glass. If you are looking for an easy install that works great I highly recomend this antenna. Here are some pics of the antenna on my truck.

http://photo.msn.s8.com/MS8zLzEwMzk4NzkyMjUvMS80MDE4LzE1NS8zMi9yOXp6MFRSRU92SzUyVThPUWR4N0dB/0606e2febcefba5915bfb8488abd74d2/clbk=HcZNnT9kkUhGSfIm2tPZWnpNuf92v9!mn3FWK0PHF2wGEqwIuS5HT!pkb7eLLfDwafh5YhQgiu0$/jpg.jpg

http://photo.msn.s8.com/MS8zLzEwMzk4NzkyMjkvMS80MDE4LzE1NS8zMi8ySjk4T211Y0NWdk1odFFuUUtpU05n/7b448e8c082e9f2855d7db0b5ef2abce/clbk=HcZNnT9kkUhGSfIm2tPZWnpNuf92v9!m2dbFSfBoq6NiYRpFGH0ypKlviDmNn0UPv2RHjQMZNWE$/jpg.jpg

F4Pilot

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Posted: December 13, 2002 at 10:42 AM / IP Logged

Great. Thanks to all.

I like the idea of placing the antenna on the dash. Its a big dash. Im not keen on a magnetic although on the roof of an Odyssey would be most inconspicuous.

The terk is more asthaetically (sp?) pleasing than the others but as mentioned above, the contours of the windows might prevent ideal placement.

Back to the drawing board...Hope I can catch that internet order......

02 Odyssey / 99 F4

cgav8r

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Posted: December 14, 2002 at 4:18 PM / IP Logged

I have a 3g eclipse gt, and I installed the small dome shaped Terk ant. in my dash beside my center speaker and have had no problems at all

with it there. If I drive downtown where there are alot of really tall bldg's. then it fades out sometimes. But that's only happened twice that I've noticed.

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