XM Reception worse since merger???

[DodgerKing]

I have noticed that shortly after the merger of XM and Sirius that my XM reception has gotten much worse. Is anybody else experiencing the same?

For a few years my parents have had Sirius and I have had XM. One of the differences I noticed was that my parents would lose a signal all of the time. They would lose it going next to a tree or even under a small overpass. I would seldom if ever lose a signal on my XM. I would still be able to get a signal in small tunnels and parking structures. I just attributed this to their setup or their particular receiver.

Now that Sirius took over XM and the XM channels I used to listen to are no more, these new Sirius stations now do the same on my receiver as well (losing signals all of the time). The only thing I could think of is that Sirius signal is the issue.

To test it out. When I put my MyFi in the dock in my house, with the antenna is the same location, I now get 3 bars instead of the 5 I used to get with XM. There is no place I can put the antenna to get 5 bars now.

 

[goreds2]

My XM Reception has been about the same since the merger.

:up

 

[mecro]

boy nobody reads these satrad forums anymore!

According to my Roady2, I get 2 bars instead of 3...and its been that way for a while now. I haven't really noticed anymore dropouts though. I've had this setup for YEARS (ever since the Roady2 came out)...I just assumed it was showing its age

 

[Ramy]

There was a change in the equipment a while back that cut down the FM signal that the radios could emmit because it was too strong for the FCC's rules.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The satellites are still the same power, the merger didn't do anything to them. There could however be an issue with the ground repeaters in your area though. But again I don't think that has anything to do with the merger.

 

[mecro]

Maybe its because I never see the sun in north eastern ohio...

 

[s10zr2]

I have noticed it her in cincinnati also. It seems to be the ground repeaters. At my work in Blue ash I used to get all 5 repeater bars by my office window, now I get 0-1. I am going to cancel it shortly as I can no longer use it at work. I read somewhere that they shut down over half of the repeaters to save money.

 

[stonecold]

I have not noticed any real issues down here in FL. But when I was in NYC last time where I usually got 4-5 bars with fm repeaters I was getting 1-2 and audio drop outs.

 

[DodgerKing]

The satellites are still the same power, the merger didn't do anything to them.

Aren't there fewer of them?