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I've got a "portable" Audiovox Sirius radio receiver. I installed it
in the car and it works fine. I also have the "home kit", which uses a small "indoor/outdoor" antenna. Unfortunately my stereo is on my northern wall and the wire is not long enough to go outside and run to the corner to get a southwest exposure. I've tried the antenna sitting inside the window pointed north, up about 45 degrees, which seems best but is still not good enough for consistent signal (it cuts in and out). I moved it outside the window and it's pretty much the same. I'm wondering a couple of things -- is there any way to add an extension onto this antenna wire? I haven't seen one. Can I buy another magenetic car antenna and stick it to the house gutter and would this work any better? Other solutions? Also, I can't seem to get as good of reception now as I got when I started messing with it and am wondering if I pinched the wire too much when I ran it out through my "crank window" to get it outside. I now get very little signal no matter what, with strong ugly "brrrrp" noises coming about 2-3 second intervals. Is the antenna wire highly sensitive to being pinched and would this be a possible result if it were? Thanks in advance, Terry |
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