I have both and like things on both. I also have that xm portable and love
it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: e-skip
> XM blows Serius away around here but as I said before I'll have to get
> serius, I might keep both though, I have that real nice XM portable that's
> now about 1/3 of the price I paid only 1 year ago in 2 weeks, so I'm
> hanging
> on to it until that's dead.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: e-skip
>
>
>> sirius around here, northern alberta, works just great.
>> There is no where it doesn't work...except for maybe at the arctic
>> circle,
>> but i think even there it has been known to work.
>> My dad has it in the 18 wheeler and it out performs XM up here.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: e-skip
>>
>>
>>> My step dad has Serious, and I only heard it once,b tu was less than
>>> impressed with the signal. We were around houses and a restaurant when
>>> he
>>> was using it. I wonder when they will come out with a pocket sized TV
>>> that will handle digital. My grandfather had a small TV that was a
>>> watch
>>> man TV he got in 1984. It was one nice unit, and I got to use it when I
>>> went to a college prep program with no TV available for my room other
>>> then
>>> this one, and I have to say the DX catches I got on there were great.
>>> I don't know what happened to this set, but with rebanding of UHF
>>> they've got to have something out soon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Butch Bussen wrote:
>>>
>>> > Well, most satellite stuff, even c band, these days is digital of some
>>> > sort. Direct tv, for example is around 12 gig as I recall. C band is
>>> > downlinked on 3.7 gig and takes a large dish to get. I think there
>>> > are
>>> > portables for xm or serious, but these are also digital and must be
>>> > subscribed to. In many large cities, they use repeaters as the
>> satellite
>>> > signal is lost in the tall buildings.
>>> > 73s
>>> > Butch Bussen
>>> > wa0vjr
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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