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Old Nov 3, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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I am putting a satellite radio on my 03 Classic. Im wanting to put the antenna under the front fairing. Has anyone tried this? Im not sure it will work under there. The antenna is a flat magnetic mount about 1 1/2 inch diameter.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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I have an Ultra with the XM radio. They placed the antenna under the fairing.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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I mounted my XM antenna on top of the radio inside the fairing of my 05 Road Glide and it works great.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 09:09 AM
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Mine is mounted on the radio too. Works great.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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under the fairing, no problem
 
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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 12:07 PM
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Mine is mounted under the fairing also and I have absolutely no complaints..........
 
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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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Drop it on the metal case of your radio. I have good reception unless I am in the midst of tall building, going straight North in the mountains or under a metal awning.

XM is great upgrade.

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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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I finally ordered an XM unit for the Ultra. It should arrive today. Will keep you posted on how it works out for us. Most likely I'll wrinkle my nose and magically put the antenna inside the faring <GRIN> If it works out, then I'll look into one of the mounts out there. For now, I'll just stick it to my forehead....
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Drop it on the metal case of your radio. I have good reception unless I am in the midst of tall building, going straight North in the mountains or under a metal awning.

XM is great upgrade.

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I want to buy one before the spring and would like to mount it were Dozer has his, on top off the dash , in the middle of the windshield. What model do you have Dozer and how is it mounted?
 
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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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I bought my kit here: http://www.eglidegoodies.com/id67.html
 
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