I am wondering how & where folks are penetrating the van body to bring the satellite antenna cable  in.

Tom Salicos

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> A technique I use for my Vanagon (might not be applicable to other
> vehicles including the new Beetle) is to lower the antenna...all the
> way down. With the antenna INSIDE the vehicle my tuner can't pick up
> those outside FM stations, but picks up the FM broadcast from my Sirius
> box quite nicely.
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2005, at 2:20 AM, Aleksandr Milewski wrote:
>
> > Mike Collum wrote:
> >> The "Transmit over FM" receiver worked great in Maine and many other
> >> places ... BUT ... there were areas where we had interference on all
> >> 10
> >> of the FM frequency choices. For that reason, I found it to be a real
> >> pain at times.
> >
> > Get one of the FM relay boxes. They're about $20, and disconnect the
> > antenna from the head unit when the Sirius tuner is transmitting.
> >
> > It basically eliminates the interference problem.
> >
> > The other thing that is less than obvious is that you'll often get
> > better results setting the transmitter to the same frequency as a
> > weaker
> > station, rather than trying to pick a hole between stronger stations.
> > (There's a long explanation of the FM capture effect that I'll skip)
> >
> > And finally, if you don't have a trunk-mounted changer, and your head
> > unit supports one, there are ways to make a Sirius tuner look like a
> > changer to the head unit.
> >
> > -Zandr