Actually the Sirius satellites move across the sky in non geo-stationary locations, lower than the geo-stationary XM satellites. This means that an outside location where the antenna can see most of the sky is the preferred location to mount the Sirius antenna.
Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Robert Hebert wrote: > Not trying to be too picky or maybe I have missed earlier comments but as you > know but maybe haven't thought about is that the direction your antenna is > positioned depends on the location of the satellite from which the Serious > transmission is received. So, on the West Coast of North America where I am, > I would likely have to have my antenna in a window facing south and possibly > south east as I Live in Vancouver Canada. If I lived in Southern California > or Northern Mexico, I would likely have to have the antenna in an east or > north-east facing window. And of course, all this is assuming that their > satellite is parked somewhere over the south central United States as I > understand is where the TV satellites are parked. > Who knows though, maybe that parking lot is full, or all the satellites have > parking tickets so they had to move or that parking lot just got too darn > crowded. I believe that geophysically there is an optimum location for the > satellites then a central location relative to population density is also > factored in. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norma A. Boge-Conyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: sirius radio > > > Hi Ray, I haven't had too bad of a time with antenna placement, > though in the house I get the best results with the antenna facing > southwest. I would have to move it sometimes when the climate > changed, or when there were significant solar flares or > whatever. Just kidding a little there. Anyway, right now I have the > antenna outside on our upper deck, facing west. With the antenna > outside I rarely get any problems with the transmission, but I do > understand this is not an option for everyone. HTH Norma > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
