David wrote:
On 21 Jan 2006 19:22:45 -0800, wrote:
I thought you needed a subscription to listen to Sirius.
You have a choice. You can listen ''free'' (most days) on a $500
radio with a 50 foot antenna, or, you can listen for $13/month on a
$20 dollar radio with a bean bag size antenna.
Oh, so you *do* need a subscription. That's what I thought. Oh
well...there goes that idea.
And just so you know, it's trivially easy to find a real radio that
costs less than $500. Just go to Universal Radio's website....there are
tons of them. Amazon.com is another place you could check, or ebay for
that matter.
The content is the same, but there's big difference in audio quality
and link robustness.
Right, I guess the audio quality must suck with those dropouts
occurring all the time.
There are at least 2 kinds of shortwave listener. One just likes
fishing for stations and doesn't care abgout content. The other is
interested in the voices from afar. Some of us are a little of both
and have the widest possible range of receiving options.
If you think these are the only kinds of listeners, you haven't been
listening very long. I suggest that, instead of listening to the
"voices from afar", you get some help for those voices in your head.