In article , "{FireArm}" wrote:
Exactly what is a WorldSpace Digital Satalite radio? and how is it different
to shortwave radio?

Thanx
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Various manufactures over the years.
They are usually dual analogue shortwave and MPEG players, the latter
from a series of satellite feeds to South America, Africa and South Asia.
See www.worlspace.com
and http://www.worldspace.com/images/cov...gemap_main.gif
and http://www.worldspace.com/faq/index.html

and the range of [current] receivers at
http://www.worldspace.com/howitworks/receivers.html
example
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Frequency range- L band World Wide standard 1452~ 1492 MHz Chinese standard
1469~ 1479 MHz
Broadcast system- WorldSpace system
Modulation- QPSK-TDM
Audio coding- MPEG 2.5/Layer 3
Present stations--10
Password memory 8
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The older receivers such as Hitachi KH-WS1i, Panasonic RE-WS10,
Sanyo DSB-WS100 and JVC FR-DS-100, may still be around somewhe
Limited quantities are still available. Check with your nearest WorldSpace
regional office or retailer for exact pricing and availability.

There is a monthly newsletter, emailed or paper, from WS.

Quality of sound is good, better than shortwave on some days, if not
the quality of programming. Many 'channels' are now encoded so not
"free-to-air" anymore.
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