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#11 cruiser62

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 01:48 AM

It’s the extended cab over.

I need to talk to Stan about my Sirius radio antenna.
I have the antenna mounted in the rear of the cab. I have lost my reception.

I did see a Hawk unit that was going to be mounted after me that had a Sirius Puck antenna mounted to the top on the camper.
The wire approximately 20 feet long looked like it would go to the cab and hook to a splitter or the radio.

CD’s are good but Satellite radio just plane rocks. I tend to do long drives and music helps pass the time and can help keep the eyes open.

Anybody have any antenna relocation ideas.

AbaloneTony


Tony, nice rig.
I have an '07 Quad cab 2500 short bed with the Hawk on it. I got the
little puck style antenna at Radio Shack. On my truck there is a panel
for the radio under the dash on the passenger side of the cab. I just
set the antenna on the dash and ran the wire down behind the defrost
vent trim next to the windshield. Hook into the radio panel and you're
done. No cutting or running wires outside the cab. It works fine inside
the windshield. When the camper is off it doesn't interfere with the
factory antenna on the roof. If you find that it does, just unplug it.

Edited by Silver Bullit, 07 July 2009 - 01:52 AM.

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#12 fish more

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Posted 31 July 2009 - 04:05 AM

If you unplug the antenna on the rear of the cab and run the lead to the front of your truck, like up the right "A" pillar, you could mount your antenna puck in the right front corner of the roof just above the top windshield moulding. The factory puck that was installed by Ford in this area still gets full reception from Sirius. I was afraid after the Hawk installation, I would lose my reception, but it works great ! You may want to consider remounting your antenna forward on the cab, this would save you from having to unplug something else when removing the FWC. I think you will find by lowering the headliner and removing the "A" pillar trim the installation would be easy, check it out.
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#13 AbaloneTony

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 04:13 PM

All,

My Antenna has changed like I thought it would.
When I was driving threw the woods and while camping I had to REMOVE some small
tree limbs. These were hitting the extended antenna and I needed to resolve the problem.

The antenna is now removable.
The top portion is now longer for better reception while on the road.
NOW when I get into the trees I can pull off the antenna quickly by
removing a couple of locking pins. I turned the top tube down to fit the inside dimension of a larger Aluminum tube mounted on the truck.

Well see how this works on the weekend coming up. It will be tested again before it’s painted.
Five days planned at a Lake towing the kids around again. It’s the last trip before school starts.

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 04:16 PM

Here's a couple of pictures.

It didn't take the first time.

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 04:18 PM

Another close up picture.

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