Poor Satellite Radio Antenna?

UBB · 09-29-2020, 12:33 PM

Am I the only one experiencing issues or is this common?

In town driving and the reception is very poor with no tall buildings to block the signal?

L98 Z28 · 09-29-2020, 04:09 PM

There is interference from cell towers and you'll get drop outs. There is a filter the dealer can install under warranty to almost fix all the drop outs.

Pulled the paperwork and it says they installed 84601829 N-Filter.

BoilerKB · 09-29-2020, 07:56 PM

My ‘19 ZL1 vert’s satellite reception is terrible in my suburban neighborhood. Not really sure what to do about it either

dbs1 · 09-29-2020, 11:35 PM

My car had a cf cover over the oem shark fin. Picked up a used one and once it was swapped out reception is fine.

mosaic6 · 09-30-2020, 06:51 AM

My Satellite Radio reception only recently started getting the spotty dropouts in areas where it did not occur in the past. Thankfully, I'm still on the free-trial, completely philosophically opposed to paying $$$ for radio reception!?

Maybe its interference from Elon Musk's starlink satellites or maybe Russian or Chinese military space operations exponentially increasing the space garbage clogging up the skies!?

EDFHOBBIES · 09-30-2020, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by UBB

Am I the only one experiencing issues or is this common?

In town driving and the reception is very poor with no tall buildings to block the signal?

If you installed a carbon fiber cover of the shark fin or anything of that nature that's the problem.

mosaic6 · 09-30-2020, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by EDFHOBBIES

If you installed a carbon fiber cover of the shark fin or anything of that nature that's the problem.

Excellent point! Carbon fiber is electrically conductive and could act as a shield in the case of the shark-fin antenna cover. I assume GM engineers and designers know this and didn't ship any real, electrically conductive Carbon-fiber shark-fin antenna covers?

EDFHOBBIES · 09-30-2020, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mosaic6

Excellent point! Carbon fiber is electrically conductive and could act as a shield in the case of the shark-fin antenna cover. I assume GM engineers and designers know this and didn't ship any real, electrically conductive Carbon-fiber shark-fin antenna covers?

I found out the hard way lol!

Squatch · 09-30-2020, 02:42 PM

here in Oregon, the trees block the signal, so its about usless.

laynlo15 · 09-30-2020, 03:15 PM

My 16 Camaro had no issues, my 16 C7 has no issues but my new 2020 GMC Sierra sucks. I can get out of the truck and be gone 10 minutes, come back and it says on the screen attempting to reconnect and this happened right after I picked up my truck for the free oil change and rotation. I had already complained to my service dept about the issue. XM tells me its a GM radio issue and I believe that since none of my others have problems. I've had them resend the signal at least a dozen times. I happened to me again this morning so I sent my buddy Matt who is a tech and he's going to look into it. He's had many complaints from other customers also.

BoilerKB · 09-30-2020, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by laynlo15

My 16 Camaro had no issues, my 16 C7 has no issues but my new 2020 GMC Sierra sucks. I can get out of the truck and be gone 10 minutes, come back and it says on the screen attempting to reconnect and this happened right after I picked up my truck for the free oil change and rotation. I had already complained to my service dept about the issue. XM tells me its a GM radio issue and I believe that since none of my others have problems. I've had them resend the signal at least a dozen times. I happened to me again this morning so I sent my buddy Matt who is a tech and he's going to look into it. He's had many complaints from other customers also.

Yeah my wife's 2019 XC90 never loses reception. I drive a couple of miles to work in the suburbs of ATL and I'm lucky to get to listen to a whole song. Same thing, XM blames GM, GM blames XM but I think it's a GM issue.

mosaic6 · 10-01-2020, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BoilerKB

....XM blames GM, GM blames XM but I think it's a GM issue.

Satellite radio is basically digital streaming using a radio signal broadcast transmitted from space.

The finger-pointing & scapegoating almost makes it sound as if XM made some changes to the format of their digital stream broadcast being transmitted and the receiver in some GM cars is having trouble rolling with the changes?

I haven't paid for cable or satellite TV for decades (don't want any of my hard earned money going to benefit USA destroyers like CNN or FoxNews etc) and I'll never pay for Satellite radio. I really just wish that they had put the HD-radio terrestrial receiver in the Camaros.

09-29-2020, 12:33 PM	#1
UBB Drives: 2018 ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Bismarck Posts: 572 View My Garage	Poor Satellite Radio Antenna? Am I the only one experiencing issues or is this common? In town driving and the reception is very poor with no tall buildings to block the signal?

09-29-2020, 04:09 PM	#2
L98 Z28 Drives: 2017 ZL1 6spd Convertible NFG Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 109	There is interference from cell towers and you'll get drop outs. There is a filter the dealer can install under warranty to almost fix all the drop outs. Pulled the paperwork and it says they installed 84601829 N-Filter. Last edited by L98 Z28; 09-29-2020 at 04:19 PM.

09-29-2020, 07:56 PM	#3
BoilerKB Drives: 2019 Camaro ZL1 Convertible Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: ATL Posts: 59	My ‘19 ZL1 vert’s satellite reception is terrible in my suburban neighborhood. Not really sure what to do about it either __________________ SOLD 2019 Summit White ZL1 A10 Convertible - RotoFab and a car seat SOLD 2000 Arctic White Trans Am WS6 TSP 228/228 .600/.600 111 LSA 107 ICL\|Ported TB\|LS6 Intake\|AR Long tubes\|Hooker Catback\|Koni Yellows\|BMR Springs\|UMI LCA's and PHB\|Strano F&R sway bars\|LS7 Clutch\|MGW Shifter\|4.10s\|Cosmis Racing XT-005R\|Nitto NT05s

09-30-2020, 02:42 PM	#9
Squatch Camaro pilot Drives: 69 Camaro, 2014 ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Medford OR Posts: 299	here in Oregon, the trees block the signal, so its about usless. __________________ 2014 ZL1 Camaro 1969 Camaro

09-30-2020, 03:15 PM	#10
laynlo15 Drives: 2022 Lt1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: clark, mo Posts: 8,860	My 16 Camaro had no issues, my 16 C7 has no issues but my new 2020 GMC Sierra sucks. I can get out of the truck and be gone 10 minutes, come back and it says on the screen attempting to reconnect and this happened right after I picked up my truck for the free oil change and rotation. I had already complained to my service dept about the issue. XM tells me its a GM radio issue and I believe that since none of my others have problems. I've had them resend the signal at least a dozen times. I happened to me again this morning so I sent my buddy Matt who is a tech and he's going to look into it. He's had many complaints from other customers also. __________________ 2022 Lt1 6.2 A10, Maggie 2300, THPSI Port Inj/10 rib, Rotofab, E, Nickey, SCOL, Griptech, RC Bandits, Hoosiers/MT 9.80@142.96 1.44 60ft, 6.34@112 707/669 RWHP/TRQ. 16SS Maggie 2650 9.41@147 1.35 60ft, 5.99@119. 16 C7 A8 10.90@128 Bolt on stuff

09-29-2020, 11:35 PM	#4
dbs1 Drives: 2017 ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Lakeside, Az Posts: 491	My car had a cf cover over the oem shark fin. Picked up a used one and once it was swapped out reception is fine.

09-30-2020, 06:51 AM	#5
mosaic6 Drives: ZL1 1LE M6, Pontiac TransAm 400-T10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: ubiquitous Posts: 50	My Satellite Radio reception only recently started getting the spotty dropouts in areas where it did not occur in the past. Thankfully, I'm still on the free-trial, completely philosophically opposed to paying $$$ for radio reception!? Maybe its interference from Elon Musk's starlink satellites or maybe Russian or Chinese military space operations exponentially increasing the space garbage clogging up the skies!?

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