For weeks now, when I try to tune my XM Radio tuner into channell 166, also known as the “America Right” channel, I cannot get a good signal.  Part of this is due to the fact that I work in a different location now and the signal strength to my tuner has changed, but this is not the whole explanation.

What I’ve made note of in the past couple of weeks is that the signal strength to my tuner is best before 11am in the morning.  Before 11am, I get three out of three bars showing on my tuner.  After 11am, the signal goes down by at least one bar, sometimes two, but i still get any of the music channels I want without static or interruption.

Right around noon, however, as I attempt to tune into America Right so that I can listen to Laura Ingraham, i just cannot get the channel to come up.  I dial the channel in, it tells me it’s loading, then bumps me back to my previous channel.

Today I called to ask about this and was told that they will send a “refresh” code to my tuner to refresh all the channels.  The other thing the rep mentioned is that he’ll generate a trouble ticket in case this XM channel is having difficulties.

I’ll withhold judgement on this for a couple of days and hope that the signal problem is accidental rather than intentional.