Love my satellite radio - but when I put the camper on my truck, the Camper overhang covers the default location of the external sat radio. Scoured online and found a cool little trick that should work on similar RAM trucks.
on the right side of the passenger compartment is a small kick panel that is attached to the door rocker panel. If you move it over you should see two antennas. A white one which is connected to the standard AM / FM antenna & a smaller Yellow FAKRAS connection which is connected to your sat radio.
I found my old magnetic sirius radio antenna and stuck it on the roof of the cab. Then followed the cable down the windshield weather stripping till I found a spot that I could run along the rubber door seal.
I separated the yellow fakras connector which connects the antenna to the radio. This is located behind the little kick panel. My connector wouldn't fit with the FAKRAS connector, so I carefully removed the small plastic clip using a tiny flat head screw driver and the cable connection pulled right out. I then connected my mag antenna to the radio and its done.
If you have a straight connection on the end of your mag antenna (Mine had a 90 degree elbow) you can buy a cheap $8 adapter that will let you connect them directly to the standard harness.
I Suppose you could modify the kick panel with a small access door to get to the connection faster should you want to disconnect the magentic antenna or if you mounted an antenna to the camper- but I just put it on the cab toward the front. Seems to work great.
Behind the panel
![IMG_1699.JPG IMG_1699.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16843-7388add77c050134acdf2223839a4d86.jpg)
One end of the FAKRAs connector. This is the end that you want to remove the clip from.
![IMG_1700.JPG IMG_1700.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16844-43d3617c0ac799238c1de53b6710a63a.jpg)
The end of the DEFAULT factory Antenna
![IMG_1701.JPG IMG_1701.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16845-779a0fa1b9d0076c67dd5555e190e3b9.jpg)
Connected together without the FAKRAS connector
![IMG_1702.JPG IMG_1702.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16846-dcb6efc10918f0a624680f14c5fe89b4.jpg)
on the right side of the passenger compartment is a small kick panel that is attached to the door rocker panel. If you move it over you should see two antennas. A white one which is connected to the standard AM / FM antenna & a smaller Yellow FAKRAS connection which is connected to your sat radio.
I found my old magnetic sirius radio antenna and stuck it on the roof of the cab. Then followed the cable down the windshield weather stripping till I found a spot that I could run along the rubber door seal.
I separated the yellow fakras connector which connects the antenna to the radio. This is located behind the little kick panel. My connector wouldn't fit with the FAKRAS connector, so I carefully removed the small plastic clip using a tiny flat head screw driver and the cable connection pulled right out. I then connected my mag antenna to the radio and its done.
If you have a straight connection on the end of your mag antenna (Mine had a 90 degree elbow) you can buy a cheap $8 adapter that will let you connect them directly to the standard harness.
I Suppose you could modify the kick panel with a small access door to get to the connection faster should you want to disconnect the magentic antenna or if you mounted an antenna to the camper- but I just put it on the cab toward the front. Seems to work great.
Behind the panel
![IMG_1699.JPG IMG_1699.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16843-7388add77c050134acdf2223839a4d86.jpg)
One end of the FAKRAs connector. This is the end that you want to remove the clip from.
![IMG_1700.JPG IMG_1700.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16844-43d3617c0ac799238c1de53b6710a63a.jpg)
The end of the DEFAULT factory Antenna
![IMG_1701.JPG IMG_1701.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16845-779a0fa1b9d0076c67dd5555e190e3b9.jpg)
Connected together without the FAKRAS connector
![IMG_1702.JPG IMG_1702.JPG](https://www.wanderthewest.com/data/attachments/16/16846-dcb6efc10918f0a624680f14c5fe89b4.jpg)