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Combined GPS and XM antenna?

By innuen6o · Mar 14, 2007in General💬 9 posts👁️ 1,729 views
Posted Mar 14, 2007 · 06:25 UTC#1

Anyone know if such a thing exists? I'd rather have just one antenna on the outside of my car instead of two.

Posted Mar 14, 2007 · 12:23 UTC#2

no

Posted Mar 14, 2007 · 12:25 UTC#3

no

Posted Mar 14, 2007 · 21:37 UTC#4

Nope, two different frequencies. For a patch antenna design, as are used in XM and GPS, they are designed for a single frequency.

Posted Mar 14, 2007 · 22:27 UTC#5

I suggest you mount the GPS on your dash. I have it that way in two cars and it works fine. I haven't tried that with XM but suspect it will not work. There are 12 or more GPS satellites so I think the antenna always has a good line of sight from the dash.

Posted Mar 15, 2007 · 02:40 UTC#6

There's 24 though only 12 are over the states at any given time.

Posted Sep 17, 2008 · 04:08 UTC#7

I remember reading one person was able to combined the 2 antenna together using a "Y" gps adapter. Basically two signal antenna from the p-10xmt and the navigation unit to read from the adapter which access from one antenna. Notice the xm antenna and the gps antenna uses 2 different port size. You will need 2 extended gps wire to the adapter and one gps antenna. :roll: I still yet to confirm this by finding where I have read this thread. He had pictures of the combine unit and install.

Posted Sep 18, 2008 · 03:30 UTC#8

yea no can do, my xm is on the dash and works fine.

Posted Sep 18, 2008 · 08:46 UTC#9

Grab yourself a GM Sharkfin antenna. Put your gps and XM in it just like GM does. One antenna with 2 recievers in it.