zyklor Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Does anyone else have both XM and Sirius. I am trying to find out if Sirius signal is really much better then XM or if I just need a new XM antenna or something. There are several roads that I travel daily that have tall trees that block the signal with XM but not with Sirius. At this point I have stopped listening to XM because I loose the signal so much. I can think of 20 different spots that I loose XM but only 1 that I loose Sirius along the same route. Anyone have any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zyklor Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Oh and both antennas are on the roof about 8 inch's apart. And for anyone who wants to know why I have both, I use XM NavTraffic and XM Traffic/Weather channels are much better, but Sirius has 10 times better Rock channels. I am hoping that the merge they announced early this year goes through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whtcrxghst Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I have both. Antennas are only a few inches away from eachother on the roof. I think your reception is very dependent on where you live. My XM reception is nearly perfect because they have built up such a strong repeater network around here. Sirius cuts out much more often--usually under overpasses or where there is a tree blocking the way. When I travel for work, I find that Sirius works better, but certainly not in my home town Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zyklor Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I live in the Philadelphia area if anyone else has this problem around here. I have noticed that the reception has gotten worse since I first got XM. It started some time in early June when I lost XM altogether and XM said they were having problems with their east coast satellite. It came back the next day but ever since it seems that it is really bad on some days and on others it is ok but worse then it was before the outage. This continues to get worse so I don't know if it is my antenna or if it is XM in this area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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