On 3 Apr 2005 14:13:13 -0700, wrote:

a "subscription" to AC power or a "subscription" to batteries!

TANSTAAFL.

Jim

TANSTAAFL? I had to look that one up! "There ain't no such thing as a
free lunch."

Anyway, if you can't find an AM or shortwave radio that works without a
subscription to XM, there's something very, very wrong. I have lots of
radios, and while they do require batteries or AC power, not one--and I
mean not a single one--requires a subscription to XM.

Steve

Sirius has much of the same programming that is disappering from your
shortwave radio. In rich, noise-free hifi sound. 24 hours a day.