Date:         Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:24:38 -0700
Reply-To:     John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to install Sirius antenna?
Comments: To: "Katherine J. Maas" <kathmaas@TELUS.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <C117A9D1.13C61%kathmaas@telus.net>
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Okay, I have installed Sirius in my Westy and installed XM (no taste) in a friends Westy. She did not like the way I did mine, so there are two installations I can tell you about.

  Mine, I installed the receiver ( this is an addon receiver, not RF) inside the ceter cover under the radio. I ran the antenna wire under the carpet, back by the parking brake cable, over to the side wall. I ran the antenna wire up the side and through the package shelf end. Then I ran the wire up the left tubes and over to a centre point just behind the latch on top. I drilled a hole just big enough to let the connector through. I then mounted the antenna on the rubber seal with RTV. This was the antenna works both up and down. You want to make a stress loop where the antenna wire will have to bend when you close the top. I can send pix tomorrow if you like.

  The second option is to run the wire up the drivers side and outside to the drivers side door frame. Remove the screw on the luggage rack, just above the drivers door. Install a steel 'L' bracket with the screw and then use the magnetic base to hold it in place.

  Both work fine.

  Hope this works.

  John Lane
  83.5 Westy
  Iron Butterfly
  Perkiomenville, PA

"Katherine J. Maas" <kathmaas@TELUS.NET> wrote:
  Has anyone on the list installed Sirius satellite radio in a Vanagon? The
installation instructions that came with my radio are obviously aimed at a
regular car. It says to mount the antenna on the back of the roof, and pass
the cord through the trunk into the body of the vehicle, up to the front,
where the radio is mounted. They seem to think the positioning of this in
the rear is really key to having it work right. But popping the top would
interfere with that careful placement, so Iım wondering if anyone has tried
putting the antenna for a satellite radio on the front of the pop top?

Thanks, Katherine
--
Katherine J. Maas
³You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.² &shy;Nietzsche



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