Mystery antenna x 2

[BobFino]

I have two of these antennas on my hard top. They are not the GPS antenna. They have a very thin wire coming out attached to coax. Any thoughts on what they are would be appreciated.

 

[Shaps]

Looks like it could be satellite radio/Sirius xm

 

[b_arrington]

SiriusXM antenna.

 

[BobFino]

Wow, not sure why I didn’t think of that. Thank you

 

[ttmott]

I have two of these antennas on my hard top. They are not the GPS antenna. They have a very thin wire coming out attached to coax. Any thoughts on what they are would be appreciated.
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Yup original Sirius sat radio antennas. There should be a receiver under the helm and another in the entertainment cabinet. This is what they should look like.

 

[Skybolt]

And if you still have the clarion stereo that this connects too and don't have a working SR1, I have one. Just PM me if you need it.

 

[ttmott]

Unfortunately, the old Sirius SIR-CL1 is not compatible with the current SiriusXM satellite feed.

 

[BobFino]

Ok thanks again. I have Fusion stereo, so no longer need the antennas as well.

 

[Skybolt]

Unfortunately, the old Sirius SIR-CL1 is not compatible with the current SiriusXM satellite feed.

It's not compatible with the sat stream? When did that happen. I have one that has been kicking around for a while, guess it's junk then?

 

[ttmott]

It's not compatible with the sat stream? When did that happen. I have one that has been kicking around for a while, guess it's junk then?

Yup - when I bought the boat I tried to get them activated. Radio Code wasn't recognized. I understood the signal format changed shortly after the Sirius / XM merger. I suspect Sirius adopted the XM formats.

 

[ocgrant]

Funny I have the antenna on mine and changed the Fakra connector to work on the new Sirius receiver and has been working fine. I had the Clarion unit and threw it away years ago.

 

[ttmott]

Funny I have the antenna on mine and changed the Fakra connector to work on the new Sirius receiver and has been working fine. I had the Clarion unit and threw it away years ago.

I did the same thing with a new SV300V1 receiver and it works just fine also.

 

[Skybolt]

Funny I have the antenna on mine and changed the Fakra connector to work on the new Sirius receiver and has been working fine. I had the Clarion unit and threw it away years ago.

Yeah they sell adapters for that old style plug end to the new style.