Thanks in advance,
I am a Serius subscriber and would like details on my options for setting up Serius in the middle of nowhere with my truck camper. Currently I have an installed Serius setup in my truck as well as in my home as "homeport" for listening to NFL games over my computer speakers. I merely transfer the receiver from the truck inside. At any rate I want to listen to satellite radio out in the middle of nowhere (outside of AM and FM) reception. I went by Radio Shack and they suggested that I get something that would require that I leave my radio on inside the truck. I'm kind of concerned about that since I might forget to turn the ignition off all night and wake up with a dead battery.
Ultimately what I really want is a small unit, run off batteries that would recieve that Serius signal then transmit it through a frequency on a battery-powered radio set at a Serius frequency. I need to know specifics as the Serius website was really no help. Is there anything out there that I can purchase minimally? Again, specifics (Description part # or part) would be good as I would probably be ordering through Serius as well as specifics as how to hook it up.
uteach2001uteach2001 wrote: Thanks in advance,
Ultimately what I really want is a small unit, run off batteries that would recieve that Serius signal then transmit it through a frequency on a battery-powered radio set at a Serius frequency.
Doesn't your current Sirius radio transmit over FM? I have XM and I take the portable XM radio out of my wifes car and put it in the home docking cradle and set it up in the camper with the antenna in a south facing window and tune the camper radio to the FM signal from the XM.
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I have an auto docking station inside my TC. In my case, I had the antenna installed when the camper was built, but you could run it down the fridge vent. The auto docking station has an FM out socket (the home one does not). It comes with a 2 inch antenna that is useless. I built my own FM transmitter to increase its range. To do this, get a mini earhone plug from radio shack & connect 2 lenghts of wire 31 inches long (approx optimum for 89.1 mghz) to each contact & spread them like rabbit ears in some place that is not visible. With this arrangement I can transmit up to about 3 or 4 campsites away. So a ghetto blaster on the picnic table is no problem. Your only issue with sirius is you may lose signal at certain times of the day if you are parked with lots of trees, as Sirius uses 3 satellites in figure 8 orbits. XM uses geosynchronous satellites so you just have to park where you can get reception & it won't change. Only issue with XM is their satellites are in lower orbits so the further north you go, the more dicey it is. With Sirius try to get a spot where the SE quadrant of the sky is fairly clear, especially in northern latitudes.
I am, of course assuming you have the portable Sirius radio, not a built in one. If you have one built into you truck radio, you would have to puchase another licence at 50% the normal monthly fee & then spend $80 to $100 for another radio. Or simply forget about the one built in & put a docking station in the truck for a portable. I prefer this arrangement. I have 3 docking stations, my truck, my camper & my house. I can't listen to all 3 at once anyway & I only have to pay for one license. One built into the factory truck radio will not be transmitting FM.
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I have sirius radio as well.....All I do is have the sirius setup on the camper radio. I get it to have reception...Then have a cheap radio on a picnic table and tune into frequency...Woolla radio reception.....
Hope this helped...Try to make it simple if you can....
I have an aftermarket XM radio that has a base, antenna, power cable, etc. in the truck and an identical setup in the camper. When we stop and camp, I remove the radio from the base in the truck, and move it to the camper. It works great and we have a lot of programming options. I ran the antenna up through the roof next to the FM radio antenna. It gets good coverage everywhere we've been.
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