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I get better reception now than when I first bought my xm radio. I would also only get a signal in one short area on my drive home. I would get a "No Signal" read on my radio. I kept calling and having my signal refreshed, until I bought this item and it worked perfectly. This worked perfect. I have had my xm radio for about 3 years and all of a sudden it just stopped working. It was so frustrating.
It has specifications identical to the original equipment and the lead wire will probably break - the weakest link- after a similar amount of use and/or careless handling. This is an exact OEM replacement antenna for well under half, sometimes under a third of most replacement antennas. A situation I can live with.
replacement "sirius" antennas are more expensive than those for XM, especially this Belkin and, frankly, have they received poor reviews for durability. The new cable is fairly flexible, but mine was hard to unravel without a tangle and seemed eager to develop kinks -- take your time and avoid sharp bends and kinks, they might reduce performance.I think my old antenna gave me 3 bars (of 3) most of the time.
No surprise the manufacturers all use the same connectors, etc., etc., -- it's cheaper that way. The signal only drops out with a long under pass.
With this antenna, I get a solid 3 bars with a clear sky, and fluctuation between 2 and 3 on tree lined residential streets. But, it makes sense that the same antenna would work for both systems -- the frequencies are almost the same, at 2320-2332.5 Mhz for Sirius and 2332.5-2345 for XM.
The antenna finally died on my 5 year old Sirius radio. I particularly like the right angle connector for the back of the radio, since I think my old antenna died from continued flexing of the cable at that point.
Performance, in other words, is quite adequate despite this antenna's tiny size.I took a chance since it had worked with Sirius radios for other reviewers.
Saved money vs buying at the "SHACK" and received within a few days of ordering. Always check with Amazon on items such as HDMI cables , cell batteries, etc before going to a box store.
It's an antenna. It replaced one that became erratic in reception.It works perfectly on my older XM Portable Radio and arrived pronto.
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