In article .com,
"junius" wrote:

Tom Holden wrote:
"David" wrote in message
news
The BBC in the car?

I borrowed a Sirius receiver from my employer for a holiday trip from
Toronto to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a distance of some 1600 km (1000
miles) each way, roughly 35 hours on the road, and enjoyed listening
alternately to CBC Radio One on Sirius 137 and BBCWS on Sirius 141. It was
pretty much uninterrupted, except for the tunnels through the Blue Ridge
Mountains. While the audio quality sucked at the low bitrates used, I was
surprised at how much the distortion was masked by car noise and how
accustomed I became.

Now to keep dxAce from complaining that this is not a posting about
shortwave, I took my KA-1103 along with every intention of doing some SWL -
never turned it on! Seems to me that alternatives to shortwave as a means of
delivery are legitimate topics for rrs, since so many users of shortwave are
migrating to other means of communication. ;-)


I am a Sirius subscriber, and I often listen to Sirius in the car, as I
tend to do a bit of long-distance driving. In my car, I also have a
Sony XR-4950X car stereo which has shortwave coverage. I like the BBC
WS, CBC Radio One and World Radio Network coverage on Sirius, as well
as the various public radio offerings (e.g. PRI). For me, though,
Sirius doesn't supplant shortwave. I still do a lot of shortwave
listening while in the car. Last night, for instance, Sirius got a
rest; I listened to R. Bulgaria and R. Cairo while on the road. Heard
a bit of R. Burkina (5030 kHz), as well, in the earlier evening.

I'm in this hobby for both the programming content of the various int'l
broadcasters AND for the thrill of chasing weak DX. I'm guessing that
this is true for most of us in this group. Sirius is a convenient
means of accessing various programs, but ultimately, Sirius is very
much like a cable subscription. It's a nice service, but it's not an
all-consuming hobby in the way that shortwave is for so many of us in
this group.

I listen to satellite radio, sure; but shortwave is my passion.

I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.

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Telamon
Ventura, California