XM Radio

[Johnboy]

Has anyone had any expierence with XM radio on a boat? My wife's new car came with one installed and it is pretty amazing>

[Tom Bare]

You might want to do a search, there's been a lot of discussion about XM and Sirius in the past. In "your" own words........ duh huh!
Sorry, couldn't resist being so close to Charlotte....
TB

[HOTSPOT]

We just traded in my wife's 2001 Honda Accord EX Coupe for a 2004 Accord EX Coupe V6, 6 Speed manual transmission. This is an awesome car. Anyway, it came with the satellite radio. It is really cool, excellent reception and tons of choices for your listening pleasure. I am thinking I HAVE TO HAVE one of these for HOT SPOT!



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[Wolakrab]

I have it in my boat-it's great!! Reception is fantastic for up to 100 miles offshore--no skipping or changing CD's for me anymore.

[mgrant]

I installed a XM radio on my boat and love it. I spend a lot of time in Baja and it's nice to be able to get so many channels of music/news.

Incidently, XM will tell you their system will only work up to 100 miles from US borders. I know from experience, it works fine in Cabo San Lucus, some 700 miles south of the border. A friend has an XM on a sportfisher, out of Cabo, and his works another 300 miles south.

I use one of the "transferable" units so I can move it between my truck and boat. After a season on the water I have had no problems with this setup.

[Mad Hunt]

XM on the boat is awesome! It is the only sound source that I have on my boat. No FM, no CD's, no tapes, just turn it on and it works! Wish I had put it in last year.

Kevin

[seaduced]

I have the XM also. I use the Delphi SkyFi receiver. I have their home kit and cradle to use at home and their car kit for use in the car. My boat is big enough to use the home unit so I run that off an inverter along with the home stereo.
Question: for those of you using the XM on your boat, what antenna do you use? The marine antennas cost about a $100 but I have been able to simply work with the antenna that comes with the home unit. The car kit comes with a magnetic mount antenna so I wonder if this has any practical use on the boat?
Thanks.

[foster]

Seaduced,

Long time since you posted.............but.........if you are still reading...........

I just mounted the car magnetic antenna on my boat. We have a "hard top" on a Grady Cat. I just finished this and have not been fishing with it yet.............but it works real well in my drive way!

I will advise after this weekend.

Foster
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[silverg]

I purchased the Terk antenna to go up on the hardtop. However, while just temporarily installing to listen to while working on the boat, I found out the magnetic mount antenna works in the cabin of the boat shooting through the fiberglass/plywood core roof.