Portable XM Radio receiver in the cockpit?

I use the XM radio in my Baron all the time, and it works great for those
long cross countries. I had all of the cigarette lighters converted to 12
volts, so the existing plug worked fine. Radio Shack sells a 6 volt
converter from 24 volts as well, and it's pretty cheap.

One thing I found initially was a lot of hiss and noise, and this was
completely solved by inserting a ground loop interrupt in the audio circuit.
The resulting sound is now excellent!

Viperdoc wrote:

I use the XM radio in my Baron all the time, and it works great for those
long cross countries. I had all of the cigarette lighters converted to 12
volts, so the existing plug worked fine. Radio Shack sells a 6 volt
converter from 24 volts as well, and it's pretty cheap.

Thank you!

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Peter

Peter,
Works great! I have been doing it for several years. It is nice to be
able to get good Music all the way to Key West.
I put my antenna in the back and the receiver under my seat but I have a
fabric airplane. I have an old Sony receiver.
Michelle

Peter R. wrote:

I have made the jump to satellite radio for my car, choosing XM Radio as
my provider. Wow, am I in love now that I am free of the canned format
of commercial radio!

I was wondering if anyone has taken the portable version of the XM radio
receiver, in my case called the Delphi Roadie or Roadie 2, and used it
in the cockpit?

It seems like it would be pretty straight forward to do, placing the
antenna inside the cockpit forward of the glare shield, then interfacing
the radio to the AUX input of the audio panel. Just wondering about
others' experiences.





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Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P

"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

Michelle P wrote:

Works great! I have been doing it for several years. It is nice to be
able to get good Music all the way to Key West.
I put my antenna in the back and the receiver under my seat but I have a
fabric airplane. I have an old Sony receiver.

Thanks, Michelle!

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Peter