02-22-2008, 03:53 AM
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| Measuring signal strength....
rar, Some of the Sirius radios have a signal strength meter built in. You will have to fiddle around with yours to see if yours offers this. My cheap-arse InV model does - it is under the "Menu" button, then go to "Signal". The sreen will give you a bar-type signal strength meter and may also tell you where you are getting your signal from (satellite or terrestrial repeater). Reception gets tricky in the large towns. Outside of Cowtown I get 100% of the bars from the Satellite but, in town my radio shows I have switched over to terrestrial signal repeaters and sometimes the reception goes down. The radio seems to have a preference for terrestrial signal repeaters even when the antenna has a clear view of the sky. I don't know why - it seems like the programmers would program the radio to select the strongest signal be it from the satellite or repeater. Let us know what you find out. re.ac.tor  |