Sirius XM Radio Antenna Placement for FJ40

[Birdmon]

I did a search for the placement of a Sirius XM radio antenna for an FJ40 and all I could find was one for a PIG.

Right now I have my antenna temporarily mounted on the dash, but the signal is lost a lot. Since I need my First Wave '80s music I need to find a better place for it.

Has anyone found the ideal spot to put this thing?

Photos would be great!

Thanks in advance for any help!!

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

If you are taking about the small magnetic hockey puck antenna, I ran mine out to the front bumper and stuck it there beside my winch. It kept it off of the body panels and it was still in a spot that picked up good reception.

 

[Birdmon]

If you are taking about the small magnetic hockey puck antenna, I ran mine out to the front bumper and stuck it there beside my winch. It kept it off of the body panels and it was still in a spot that picked up good reception.

Now that's a great idea. Do you lose reception a lot? I live in the hills in SF Bay Area and they can be tricky.

But I like your thinking.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

I didn't have any reception problems with it there, maybe on the odd occasion of facing it to the north and being in a deep valley I may have lost reception.

I rely heavy on Sirius for all of my tunes, I DO NOT listen to the local radio stations, bunch of corporate manufactured crap.

If I had an issue with my antenna not picking up I would have fixed it ASAP.

 

[TheHardWay]

Just don't mount it below the top of the windshield frame. On Thursday I mounted mine on the dash of my FJ Cruiser as far forward as possible and reception was interrupted fairly regularly as I drove north to Albuquerque. Seems to be relative to the angle of the satellite, because coming back, heading south, on Saturday I had no interruption in reception at all. The antenna should stick to the top of your roll bar, underneath the fiberglas top, and get good reception.

 

[Birdmon]

Thanks LasCrucer. I like this option the best but I never have the roof on. What I am thinking is to sew the wire into my bikini top and mount it on top of the roll bar.

 

[Captn Conch]

I'll soon be sticking on a Intellitronix GPS speedometer sender with the little black lump too. Seems like on the windshield would work, if a Garmin gets the signal while stuck on the windshield shouldn't the lump get it too?