SIRIUS Satellite Radio
 

I was wondering if satellite Radio by Sirius is a live broadcast? Or
whenever you turn the radio on, you have the choice to hear an earlier
broadcast at a latter time?

Also, if you are a subscriber, do you get a free program guide in the
mail? Or you have to go on their website to get a program guild?

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not like
those very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I
find them very cheap and confussing looking.

Should I ever move on to satellite radio, I would like a nice table top
wooden radio. With lots of knobs.

And I would hope to hear a commercial free Coast to Coast
program(AM)with Art Bell.

I would say that Tivoli makes nice sounding radios. I hope that they
make more large wooden radios with shortwave included.

It would be really cool, if a satellite radio could have a monitor in
it, giving more information. But controlled by knobs.

Also, when they say that a Sirius or xm satellite radio has am/fm, does
that means that the am/fm signal is a radio signal or a satellite
signal? -They should better explain these things.

73, SR

whatever it is.... its evil

"Fredrick Garvin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:14:03 +0100, SR expelled the following:

I was wondering if satellite Radio by Sirius is a live broadcast? Or
whenever you turn the radio on, you have the choice to hear an earlier
broadcast at a latter time?

I don't have Sirius (I have XM) but I think that's a no.


Also, if you are a subscriber, do you get a free program guide in the
mail? Or you have to go on their website to get a program guild?

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not like
those
very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I find
them
very cheap and confussing looking.

Should I ever move on to satellite radio, I would like a nice table top
wooden radio. With lots of knobs.

Out of luck I think.

And I would hope to hear a commercial free Coast to Coast
program(AM)with Art Bell.


XM has Art. Not sure about commercial free though as I don't listen to
that crap.


I would say that Tivoli makes nice sounding radios. I hope that they
make more large wooden radios with shortwave included.

It would be really cool, if a satellite radio could have a monitor in
it, giving more information. But controlled by knobs.

Also, when they say that a Sirius or xm satellite radio has am/fm, does
that means that the am/fm signal is a radio signal or a satellite
signal? -They should better explain these things.

73, SR


Go to their web sites and check them both out. I've had XM for 2 years
now and love it. I know XM sends out channel guides.

SR wrote:
I was wondering if satellite Radio by Sirius is a live broadcast? Or
whenever you turn the radio on, you have the choice to hear an
earlier
broadcast at a latter time?

Also, if you are a subscriber, do you get a free program guide in the

mail? Or you have to go on their website to get a program guild?

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not like
those very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I

find them very cheap and confussing looking.

Should I ever move on to satellite radio, I would like a nice table
top
wooden radio. With lots of knobs.

And I would hope to hear a commercial free Coast to Coast
program(AM)with Art Bell.

I would say that Tivoli makes nice sounding radios. I hope that they

make more large wooden radios with shortwave included.

It would be really cool, if a satellite radio could have a monitor in

it, giving more information. But controlled by knobs.

Also, when they say that a Sirius or xm satellite radio has am/fm,
does
that means that the am/fm signal is a radio signal or a satellite
signal? -They should better explain these things.

73, SR

The best thing for you to do is fix whatever problems you're having
with your antenna. I understand that the problems must be quite serious
for you to be considering satellite radio, but think of them as
challenges, not problems. You could even describe them for the group
and someone might be able to help you.

Assuming you don't want to fix your antenna, you still don't need to
bend over for XM or Sirius. The internet has more content than
either/both of these services, so get whatever you need in order access
it.

Steve

Both services are broadcast in real time, but some channels on both
services are voice tracked. In XM's case, the most popular channels
are live while others are voice tracked. As a listener, you can't tell
the difference as they are careful that no hints are given out when
voice tracking occurs. You cannot hear old programs within having
recorded them (one of XM's receivers can automatically record programs
for later playback similar to the way a TIVO does).

I think both services provide a program guide. I know XM does; and I
seem to recall Sirius does (or did).

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not
like
those very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I
find them very cheap and confussing looking.

Both services have table radios. Sirius has the Tivoli:

http://www.tivoliaudio.com/product.p...175&cat=&page=

XM has several models from Eton, here's one:

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...le/e1xmlrg.jpg

Because XM has a technology lead, "XM Ready" radios are starting to
show up in large numbers. Over the course of the next 12 months you
can expect just about every radio-related device to show up with an "XM
Ready" version, where you just plug in the antenna (which costs less
than $50) and go. XM has come up with a chip that manufacturers can
use to convert almost any device to an XM Ready radio for almost
nothing. If you're sitting on the fence, you may even want to wait a
few months.

In AM/FM/XM radios, the XM signal comes from the satellite, the AM/FM
come from plain-old AM/FM transmitters. AM/FM broadcasts will still be
as bad as they always were.

XM has the better content all the way around (IMO), but Sirius has the
Tivoli which sounds more to your liking.

Boh wrote:

If you have a local power house with no fade and a clean
signal
and buy a Drake,JRC,etc you would have the same thing as a
50.00
dollar sat.radio.Will I sell all my other radios [Drake,Lowe,JRC] no
,its just another radio that laying in bed at night sounds
really
good

73, SR

Really? How is your satellite radio on utilities? Which channel can I
find military comms on?

Steve

On 16 Apr 2005 05:51:50 -0700, wrote:


SR wrote:
I was wondering if satellite Radio by Sirius is a live broadcast? Or
whenever you turn the radio on, you have the choice to hear an
earlier
broadcast at a latter time?

Also, if you are a subscriber, do you get a free program guide in the

mail? Or you have to go on their website to get a program guild?

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not like
those very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I

find them very cheap and confussing looking.

Should I ever move on to satellite radio, I would like a nice table
top
wooden radio. With lots of knobs.

And I would hope to hear a commercial free Coast to Coast
program(AM)with Art Bell.

I would say that Tivoli makes nice sounding radios. I hope that they

make more large wooden radios with shortwave included.

It would be really cool, if a satellite radio could have a monitor in

it, giving more information. But controlled by knobs.

Also, when they say that a Sirius or xm satellite radio has am/fm,
does
that means that the am/fm signal is a radio signal or a satellite
signal? -They should better explain these things.

73, SR

The best thing for you to do is fix whatever problems you're having
with your antenna. I understand that the problems must be quite serious
for you to be considering satellite radio, but think of them as
challenges, not problems. You could even describe them for the group
and someone might be able to help you.

Assuming you don't want to fix your antenna, you still don't need to
bend over for XM or Sirius. The internet has more content than
either/both of these services, so get whatever you need in order access
it.

Steve

You have a real problem, don't you. Some people like to be able to
listen to the radio without having to involve a damn computer.
Especially when driving around. Or hiking.

Satellite radio is an evolution of a medium that started with Morse
code. If everyone thought like you it would still be all dots and
dashes.

You have a real problem, don't you. Some people like to be able to
listen to the radio without having to involve a damn computer.
Especially when driving around. Or hiking.

I don't care if people use a computer. I don't normally rely on a
computer myself when it comes to radio.

Steve

On 16 Apr 2005 07:50:25 -0700, wrote:

Both services are broadcast in real time, but some channels on both
services are voice tracked. In XM's case, the most popular channels
are live while others are voice tracked. As a listener, you can't tell
the difference as they are careful that no hints are given out when
voice tracking occurs. You cannot hear old programs within having
recorded them (one of XM's receivers can automatically record programs
for later playback similar to the way a TIVO does).

I think both services provide a program guide. I know XM does; and I
seem to recall Sirius does (or did).

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not
like
those very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I
find them very cheap and confussing looking.

Both services have table radios. Sirius has the Tivoli:

http://www.tivoliaudio.com/product.p...175&cat=&page=

XM has several models from Eton, here's one:

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...le/e1xmlrg.jpg

Because XM has a technology lead, "XM Ready" radios are starting to
show up in large numbers. Over the course of the next 12 months you
can expect just about every radio-related device to show up with an "XM
Ready" version, where you just plug in the antenna (which costs less
than $50) and go. XM has come up with a chip that manufacturers can
use to convert almost any device to an XM Ready radio for almost
nothing. If you're sitting on the fence, you may even want to wait a
few months.

In AM/FM/XM radios, the XM signal comes from the satellite, the AM/FM
come from plain-old AM/FM transmitters. AM/FM broadcasts will still be
as bad as they always were.

XM has the better content all the way around (IMO), but Sirius has the
Tivoli which sounds more to your liking.

Jeez. I'm surprised Panero let you get off your knees long enough to
use the internet.

That Eton Radio (aka the Grundig Satellit 900) is the longest running
gag on this newsgroup (speaking of you and Panero).

I know the fact that you failed to mention that Sirius carries all the
favorite International broadcasters via the WRN was just an oversight,
and not the result of your warped, one-sided view of satellite radio.

David wrote:

On 16 Apr 2005 05:51:50 -0700, wrote:


SR wrote:
I was wondering if satellite Radio by Sirius is a live broadcast? Or
whenever you turn the radio on, you have the choice to hear an
earlier
broadcast at a latter time?

Also, if you are a subscriber, do you get a free program guide in the

mail? Or you have to go on their website to get a program guild?

They made a better looking Satellite radio by Tivoli. I do not like
those very tech looking satellite radio that looks like a walkman. I

find them very cheap and confussing looking.

Should I ever move on to satellite radio, I would like a nice table
top
wooden radio. With lots of knobs.

And I would hope to hear a commercial free Coast to Coast
program(AM)with Art Bell.

I would say that Tivoli makes nice sounding radios. I hope that they

make more large wooden radios with shortwave included.

It would be really cool, if a satellite radio could have a monitor in

it, giving more information. But controlled by knobs.

Also, when they say that a Sirius or xm satellite radio has am/fm,
does
that means that the am/fm signal is a radio signal or a satellite
signal? -They should better explain these things.

73, SR

The best thing for you to do is fix whatever problems you're having
with your antenna. I understand that the problems must be quite serious
for you to be considering satellite radio, but think of them as
challenges, not problems. You could even describe them for the group
and someone might be able to help you.

Assuming you don't want to fix your antenna, you still don't need to
bend over for XM or Sirius. The internet has more content than
either/both of these services, so get whatever you need in order access
it.

Steve

You have a real problem, don't you. Some people like to be able to
listen to the radio without having to involve a damn computer.
Especially when driving around. Or hiking.

Satellite radio is an evolution of a medium that started with Morse
code. If everyone thought like you it would still be all dots and
dashes.

If everyone thought like you this would be rec.totemysatellitereceiver.tard

dxAce
Michigan
USA

On 17 Apr 2005 11:10:34 -0700, wrote:

You have a real problem, don't you. Some people like to be able to
listen to the radio without having to involve a damn computer.
Especially when driving around. Or hiking.

I don't care if people use a computer. I don't normally rely on a
computer myself when it comes to radio.

Steve

You just ****ing said: ''The internet has more content than
either/both of these services, so get whatever you need in order [to]
access it.'' and now you say: ''I don't care if people use a
computer.''

Sirius has better programming IMHO. You get more Air America. Also
KQED.

BTW, some of these satellite services have ground stations in large
cities.

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

If everyone thought like you this would be rec.totemysatellitereceiver.tard

If that would get the satellite 'tards out of here I'm all for the new
news group.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:50:32 -0400, dxAce
wrote:

I thought the right way was to learn to recognize the sounds of 18 WPM
Farnsworth characters with extra space in between them.

I considered ''dits and dahs'' but ''dots and dashes'' works better
musically.

David wrote:

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:50:32 -0400, dxAce
wrote:

I thought the right way was to learn to recognize the sounds of 18 WPM
Farnsworth characters with extra space in between them.

I considered ''dits and dahs'' but ''dots and dashes'' works better
musically.

Well, then as usual you are running contrary to popular opinion!

No damn surprise there!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'm surprised Panero let you get off your knees long enough to use
the internet.

Rickets!!! Where HAVE you been? Crap, you had people thinking you
were dead or something.

You get more Air America.

Not starting June 11. Air America is the exclusive property of XM
beginning that date.

I found a press release regarding the Air America channel on XM, but
nothing about it being exclusive.

If that would get the satellite 'tards out of here I'm all for the new
news group.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California


You're right, Telemon. The satellite radio people should found their
own group if they're too lazy to fix their defective antennas.

Steve

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:51:53 +0000, David wrote:

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:50:32 -0400, dxAce wrote:

I thought the right way was to learn to recognize the sounds of 18 WPM
Farnsworth characters with extra space in between them.

I considered ''dits and dahs'' but ''dots and dashes'' works better
musically.

Farnworth slowed me down leaning code. THat extra long space makes you
think too much....

It may still be up in the air. Air America is getting a lot of
backlash about this. Their new CEO, Danny Goldberg (former record
company prick) is eating a lot of **** on this one.

On 17 Apr 2005 17:21:56 -0700, wrote:

I found a press release regarding the Air America channel on XM, but
nothing about it being exclusive.

I found a press release regarding the Air America channel on XM,
but nothing about it being exclusive.

The XM press release didn't emphasize they were removing it from Sirius
for obvious reasons. But there are news accounts everywhere and
Sirius has responded to questions about it saying they have not decided
what will replace the channel.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/....php?s=1002968

Really? How is your satellite radio on utilities? Which channel can I
find military comms on?

Steve

Dude,last time I checked Coast to Coast wasn't on 12.300.
If you are goin reply at least read the thread first.
I did hear Art on 3.330 once.Get over it its just another
kind of radio,I don't hear my local repeater on it either.
So guess what i bought a radio so I could as a bonus yaesu
through in the abilty to transmit,wow what a consept more
than
one radio .Like I said lighten up dude,not everyone is you

Boh: I once pick up Coast to Coast with Art on SW. I don't remember the
freq. Do they still broardcast on SW?

73, SR!

Boh wrote:

Really? How is your satellite radio on utilities? Which channel can I
find military comms on?

Steve


Dude,last time I checked Coast to Coast wasn't on 12.300.
If you are goin reply at least read the thread first.
I did hear Art on 3.330 once.Get over it its just another
kind of radio,I don't hear my local repeater on it either.
So guess what i bought a radio so I could as a bonus yaesu
through in the abilty to transmit,wow what a consept more
than
one radio .Like I said lighten up dude,not everyone is you

KOOK Art KOOK Bell and KOOK George KOOK Noory are on (I hope those
two KOOKS read this,KOOK Art KOOK Bell claimes to be a SWLer,but is he
really? Somehow,I Doubt that! Why doesn't KOOK Art KOOK Bell ever say
anything in rec.radio.shortwave news group? Even "loafhead" says
something in here sometimes) www.supertalkms.com 97.3 FM every
night here in Jackson,Mississippi.If I want to listen to them two KOOKS!
(which,I promise y'all,is EXTREMLEY,EXTREMLEY RARE!) all I need do is
tune my radio to 97.3 FM at midnight and that KOOK **** comes in loud.I
never listen to those two KOOKS having their orgasms on my radio unless
there is a guest speaker on there who makes sense,such as Douglas
Hagmann www.homelandsecurityus.com or Charles R. Smith
www.softwar.net or Sherri Tenpenny www.nmaseminars.com
Usually,I am getting my beauty sleep soon after midnight anyway.I am not
a nightowl.KOOK Art KOOK Bell and KOOK George KOOK Noory are both full
blown KOOKS and I really believe they are Crazy!
cuhulin