Light Bars

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Originally Posted by f5fstop

Also, would love to know if all that metal affects the XM radio reception.

I can't say for this light bar, but I noticed a dropoff of reception when I put on my roof rack. The front rail of my rack is 1-1/2" square tubing about 4-5" in front of the antenna, with the center of the tubing about in line w/the top of the antenna.

I get 'dead' spots when driving due south, with nothing like trees/buildings in the way - the only explanation I can come up w/is that the front rail blocks the signal just perfect for enough time for the buffer to run out (XM has a buffer, right?). It might be the expanded metal floor or the upper rails affecting it too, but it was worse after I put the rack on. Anyway, it's a nuisance, but I'm not gonna give up a full-size roof rack for the occasional dropoff of reception I guess life is full of tradeoffs...