Well, that is another point.  I bet now you will have to have dishes on
your cars, but I know that some truckers have satelite dishes on theirr
trucke for GPR or tracking.  Does anyone know if these radios will do
anything else?





On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Mike Freeman wrote:

> What I find ironic about XM broadcasting is that while one of its
> principal markets is supposed to be in-car listening, the company is
> having to deploy many terrestrial repeaters because the mobile receivers
> can't see the satellite in urban areas with tall buildings.
>
> Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> Amateur Radio: K 7 U I J
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: o t, satellite broadcasting?
>
>
> > Hi, I know that there is now an XM radio, but you have to pay for it,
> but
> > it has a lot of channels.  It is starting to work in certain areas,
> but
> > will be expanded, and fromwhat I understand the receivers are kind of
> hard
> > to get right now.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Jim Stevenson wrote:
> >
> > > Do any of you know about satellite radio broadcasting in the US,
> > > or receiving broadcasting station satellite links?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> >
>