Sirius/Satellite Antenna

[Rokon]

Can the antenna be accessed and removed with the hardtop in place?

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[Minty JL]

I'd say you need to at least remove the freedom panels.

Where in Maine are you Bob? That's where I'm originally from; was in Gorham when I enlisted

 

[Rokon]

I'm near Gorham, in Saco.
Need to relocate antenna due to rooftop obstructions. Freedom panels can be removed but not the hardtop. Trying to decide if I should just buy another antenna and cable or try to get to the OEM.

 

[Minty JL]

Nice, I love Maine, but the economy and my line of work don't align.

Yeah i have not dealt with Sat Radio antennas in ages, hopefully you can find an easy off the shelf fix

 

[Vanishing Point]

I'm about to go through this. From another thread it seemed the best thing to do was to leave the antenna in place and put another antenna somewhere. Just unplug the old antenna and plug the new one in. I haven't connected it yet but here is my new antenna. But you can do the unplugging apparently without removing the roof.

My new antenna.

 

[Vanishing Point]

Here's the thread accessing the cable to the antenna.

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/sirius-xm-antenna-relocation-upgrade.65286/

 

[fourfa]

You can definitely get the antenna out without removing the hardtop (I probably said the same thing in the linked thread). But I agree, just leave it, get a new one and switch plugs. Lot more freedom of placement that way. I plan to do exactly that one of these days, as my relocated antenna (inside, over the driver side sunvisor) sometimes loses connection after I installed headliners and sound deadening. Will do an external high gain antenna

 

[TigerInFL]

doing the same and just purchased another antenna. so much easier.

 

[Rokon]

So I'm under the impression that the OEM antenna is a combination Sirius and GPS for the nav system. Are any of the aftermarket antennas set up like this and are they an improvement in reception? I'm unsure of the route to go. Seen the visor mounting and a mounting in the grill at the base of the windshield. I've seen jacking in at the radio head and at the cable at the stock antenna location.
Best spot is probably on top of my RTT but really not sure of a good cable routing to do that.
Haven't read anything on how good the reception is at the windshield base……

 

[Minty JL]

Sat radio and GPS should be 2 separate antennas.......different freq. bands

 

[Vanishing Point]

So I'm under the impression that the OEM antenna is a combination Sirius and GPS for the nav system. Are any of the aftermarket antennas set up like this and are they an improvement in reception? I'm unsure of the route to go. Seen the visor mounting and a mounting in the grill at the base of the windshield. I've seen jacking in at the radio head and at the cable at the stock antenna location.
Best spot is probably on top of my RTT but really not sure of a good cable routing to do that.
Haven't read anything on how good the reception is at the windshield base……

I don't use the GPS so it didn't play into my choice of antenna. I don't think my antenna will pick up GPS. If that is a concern you can get the MOPAR SiruisXM/GPS antenna with cable for about $100.

If it ends up doing something wonky without the GPS antenna (I couldn't guess what but with all the modern electronics you never know) I'll just swap out antennas.

 

[Minty JL]

I know there are some forums out there, must have a tinfoil hat to partake. They want to delete tracking ability to the extreme.......I can understand their view......but with biometrics, cameras, cell phones.......you're tracked more then you know. Hell, even if you turn your phone off, its not really off.

Cyber Security is my game/employment........... think 1984 and the movie, Terminator........that's no shit where AI is going.........more then likely within our lifetime, no later then our kids.

 

[Vanishing Point]

I know there are some forums out there, must have a tinfoil hat to partake. They want to delete tracking ability to the extreme.......I can understand their view......but with biometrics, cameras, cell phones.......you're tracked more then you know. Hell, even if you turn your phone off, its not really off.

Cyber Security is my game/employment........... think 1984 and the movie, Terminator........that's no shit where AI is going.........more then likely within our lifetime, no later then our kids.

Years ago I used to be on Above Top Secret which is dedicated to the tin foil hat crowd. It's not that I don't believe in all that stuff anymore it's just that I realized in the big scheme of things the government would really have no interest/reason to care where I go. I'm pretty darn boring. If they want to track my trips to Trader Joe's then let them have at it.

The only reason I don't need a GPS is that .... I don't need a GPS. Before I go somewhere I just stare at a map for about 5 minutes and memorize all the main streets, intersections, count the blocks from the offramp to the next turn, and the places I need to go and then I go there. My wife, who depends on GPS, is always flabbergasted when I do that. But before GPS I was always too lazy to write down directions. Seemed easier just to memorize a map. And you never lost the directions.

 

[Minty JL]

Years ago I used to be on Above Top Secret which is dedicated to the tin foil hat crowd. It's not that I don't believe in all that stuff anymore it's just that I realized in the big scheme of things the government would really have no interest/reason to care where I go. I'm pretty darn boring. If they want to track my trips to Trader Joe's then let them have at it.

The only reason I don't need a GPS is that .... I don't need a GPS. Before I go somewhere I just stare at a map for about 5 minutes and memorize all the main streets, intersections, count the blocks from the offramp to the next turn, and the places I need to go and then I go there. My wife, who depends on GPS, is always flabbergasted when I do that. But before GPS I was always too lazy to write down directions. Seemed easier just to memorize a map. And you never lost the directions.

Road trips with MapQuest printed out was a fun time to be alive.

 

[Rokon]

I miss gas station maps….. and the joy of folding them back up!

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