New Sirius SAT Radio Antenna
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New Sirius SAT Radio Antenna
I know a number of people are not happy with the SAT radio antenna on the trunk deck. At least for the 2005 CLK, the antenna is now completely hidden (see my posting on the 209 board). I don't know if the 2005 E will also have a hidden antenna, but maybe there's still hope.
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Originally Posted by wem
I know a number of people are not happy with the SAT radio antenna on the trunk deck. At least for the 2005 CLK, the antenna is now completely hidden (see my posting on the 209 board). I don't know if the 2005 E will also have a hidden antenna, but maybe there's still hope.
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Originally Posted by wem
I know a number of people are not happy with the SAT radio antenna on the trunk deck. At least for the 2005 CLK, the antenna is now completely hidden (see my posting on the 209 board). I don't know if the 2005 E will also have a hidden antenna, but maybe there's still hope.
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Originally Posted by wem
I know a number of people are not happy with the SAT radio antenna on the trunk deck. At least for the 2005 CLK, the antenna is now completely hidden (see my posting on the 209 board). I don't know if the 2005 E will also have a hidden antenna, but maybe there's still hope.
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It was clearly designed by someone who didn't care. Always a dangerous position for manufacturer or vendor to be in.
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Originally Posted by Rudegar
Do you think they will eventually come up with a color coded smooth/aerodynamic-looking housing? There doesn't seem to be any reason why the housing has to be a flat black oddly and irregularly shaped dog house.
1) has to actually bolt to the surface for semi-permanent installation; most of the new low-profile ones are magnetic/tape only and the wires run externally
2) price has to be reasonable, which is probably why we have old discontinued technology antennas
BMW owners are in much the same boat, but at least their XM system comes with the ACL so aftermarket antennas are a lot easier to source.
I found a Sirius ACL (by luck) and hooked it up, then a splitter, to a new antenna. I measured the signal loss across all the cables, devices and connectors, and was surprised. So I looked up the specs for the connectors and it seems that many connections is a problem. It appears that hooking all the stuff up results in a significant degradation in signal... so the OEM solution is a pretty good one.
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