wireless xm satellite antenna

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I have an xm satellite radio in my house and I want to put the antenna
on the roof. I'd like to be able to move the radio from room to room
but I don't want to run wires up to the antenna.

Is there a way I can make the antenna wireless? Like plug the antenna
on the roof into a transmitter and plug the radio in the house into a
receiver?

Is there anything available on the shelf that would do the job?
Thanks,
John

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In article <c95bpu$6nn$1@news.eusc.inter.net>, Jerry G.
<jerryg50@hotmail.com> wrote:

> What you want to do is re-broadcast the XM signal locally. This would be far
> more in cost and equipment than you are prepared to pay for. Your best
> solution is to have a lead-in to each room. An active microwave splitter
> will be necessary. This is also a bit expensive, but not as much as your
> idea is!

I don't know about doing this with XM, but I used to do work with a
concept called a "passive repeater" for VHF and UHF radio. What you
do is put up an antenna on the outside of the building, and a 2nd
antenna inside the building. Then connect them with quality feedline.
The outside antenna would pick up the signal, and the inside one
would re-radiate the signal inside the building. In some cases,
we even ran "radiax", which is a leaky type of coax, down the
elevator shaft to feed the outside signal to each floor of a building.

What makes the XM thing tricky is that there is active electronics
in the antenna.

If anyone does have a solution for this problem, please post. I
have an XM dead spot in my garage, and I'd like to be able to tune
in my XM before pulling out into traffic.

-john-

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