XM Radio

[RDHenry]

Just wanting to know if anyone has installed xm radio in a soft-top wrangler? Where did you put the antenna? How is the reception?

[Jerry Bransford]

The antenna works fine through the soft top, same with the hard top. You can place it on top of the rollbar which is out of the way and out of sight.

[rogasm]

i have sirius and my antenna is located on the hood, right below the driver side winshield washer...has worked fine for almost 2 years now.

[My-first-jeep]

Sirius-under the roll bar pads on the sport bar. HT/ST no problems and its well hidden

[PimpnE]

On the bar under the pads here too. Real easy to do, unzip the center pad above your head. Put the antenna there and feed the wire the rest of the way along this pad, to the pax side door pad, remove the 3 screws on the windshield trim, drop the wire down there and under the dash. Zip the pads back up, screw the trim piece back in, takes all of 2 minutes to do.

[dillonjm]

Same place (rollbar) Great reception.

[TrailPirate]

I put the antenna right on the hood and the unit itself into the glove box for security, excellent reception pretty much anywhere.

[RDHenry]

Damn, no matter where I put mine I get No signal most of the time

[CMSurfer]

I have my antenna (Sirius) in my Tuffy overhead console in my YJ and in my XJ it's on the roof in the back. Both work great.

[KOZMO]

I have mine mounted to my cb which is attached to the top of the windshield frame. I haven't had any trouble with the reception through the soft top, we'll see what happens when I put the hard top on.

[Jerry Bransford]

Originally posted by KOZMO:
I haven't had any trouble with the reception through the soft top, we'll see what happens when I put the hard top on. The antenna works just as well through the hard top as it does with the soft top. Radio signals travel through those materials just fine. smile.gif

[PimpnE]

Originally posted by RDHenry:
Damn, no matter where I put mine I get No signal most of the time I'd contact XM, sounds like you got a bum unit.

[My-first-jeep]

Sat radio works usinf microwaves... so no problem w/ fiberglass only metals and liquids

[RDHenry]

The unit was bad, the new one rocks, got the antenna mounted on the hood. Thank you everybody for the help.

[skeezer]

I placed mine right on the hood, just in front of the winshield. Works great, low profile.

Skeezer

[frankiefire702]

Under the roll bar padding. Works fine for me.

[TJ_in_TX]

Had mine on the hood for about a year. Too obvious, too easy to steal (or worse, just pull it 'til the wire breaks). Moved it inside to the roll bar, and never noticed a difference in reception, and no worries!