bjryman
Member
I've read some conflicting statements in the past years about placement of the XM radio antenna. I have Garmin Zumo 550. When I installed it this time last year, it seemed that the consensus was that the antenna is much better placed outside the fairing due to improved reception. This is the same reason a car XM radio antenna is placed on roof if OEM installed and in windshield if aftermarket installed.
So I bought a neat kit from cyclegadgets.com that allows me to place the antenna on the Zumo unit RAM hookup, run the power off the cigarette lighter via a piggy back connector and then run the radio out to the AUX plug.
At same time I added Hogtunes 4 speakers, their AMP and the Tweeter bar.
Pic is below.
But as you can see the XM antenna is a pretty big fixture on the handle bar mounting bracket.
Reception is Great though. How about others here....have you tested reception outside and inside the faring? I could move my antenna under the faring, I think if I can find room given the AMP takes up a bunch of space
Thanks
bruce
So I bought a neat kit from cyclegadgets.com that allows me to place the antenna on the Zumo unit RAM hookup, run the power off the cigarette lighter via a piggy back connector and then run the radio out to the AUX plug.
At same time I added Hogtunes 4 speakers, their AMP and the Tweeter bar.
Pic is below.
But as you can see the XM antenna is a pretty big fixture on the handle bar mounting bracket.
Reception is Great though. How about others here....have you tested reception outside and inside the faring? I could move my antenna under the faring, I think if I can find room given the AMP takes up a bunch of space
Thanks
bruce