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2017 Any way to fix awful XM reception?

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I saw an old thread or two about this but I thought I'd start this one because I'm thinking of dropping the headliner and getting to the XM antenna to see if there's anything I can do to boost the signal. Has anyone tried anything?

I live in the country and didn't really pay much attention because the only place it went out was along a ~1 mile stretch where there are high power lines on the side of the road. But... I've been doing more driving down in the city this week and just about every city road that has power lines on one or both sides causes the XM radio to lose signal. It's so bad that either I'm going to stop using XM or I have to fix it somehow. None of my prior cars had this problem in the same places.

So I guess I'll start by asking, has anyone tackled this problem and gotten any results? Of course, the car is under warranty (2017) but from the older threads it doesn't seem like much relief is to be had by taking it to the dealer. I'm hesitant to do that anyway because it makes me cringe thinking about the dealer tearing into things.

Thanks,
Mike
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Mine only drops out when the antenna doesn't have LOS to the satellite(s). Running up and down the hills in OK and MO I rarely have a signal issue. I do find that the quality of the radio output is not good. It is way attenuated compared to other sources.

This particular setup sounds like there is a definite issue. Especially since other satellite radios work in places this one does not.
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