In article , Jerry G.
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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