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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