First let me say I am really enjoying Sirius very much... I am enjoying it so much that my wife suprised me with a boombox... I am having a hard time getting a stable signal inside the house... Is this normal or is the antenna that came with the boombox bad... I have tried putting it in the window like the manual says with a look angle to the SW which is where the manual said to point it if you are in the upper midwest... If I tried to place it outside can it handle the WX??? Sorry for all the questions... When I can get the boombox to work it sounds very good just need a more stable signal... CC

Buy the extension cable (or something like below) and get that antenna up on the roof. Window or hanging out type aiming is a crap shoot. Yes they are weather proof. I use a home distribution system with a mounted antenna feeding a coax/combiner type run.

http://www.dogstarradios.com/si50foexcate.html

http://www.dogstarradios.com/14220.html

http://www.dogstarradios.com/sioumahoan1.html

http://www.dogstarradios.com/14245.html

Placing the antenna outside would be your best bet. It sounds like you are getting your signal strictly from the satellites which would explain the bad signal in your house.

I just bought a Sirius External Home Antenna and it made all the difference in the world.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/SIRIUS-External-Home-Antenna-14240/sem/rpsm/oid/152038/catOid/-14624/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Yep, looks like the same one I suggested back in post #2.

Sorry...I didnt open all your links.

Oh, NP I was just saying I see someone else uses it. I run mine through a whole house system that I ran along with CAT 5 and RG6 runs when the house was built. Its sweet to have jacks in every "needed" room and garage.