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[WM75Guy]

I have XM in all three of our vehicles. We listen to it or play music from the phone while driving. I also stream it from my phone when working in the shop, on a tractor, or on the mower using headphones. Very rarely listen to a local station, too far away to get good reception.

 

[WinterDeere]

Even the Sirius has a few small drop out areas.

Really? Unless you have sky cover (eg. in a tunnel or absolutely massive storm system), Sirius should really never drop out. That's the beauty of satellite-based systems.

Of course satellite TV has a fatal flaw, in that it's bandwidth becomes limited when the weather is bad. You know what most people like to do when the weather is bad? Oh yeah... sit home and watch TV! Hey, it works great when it's beautiful and sunny outside... you know, when you're at the beach or in the garden.

 

[Jstpssng]

Really? Unless you have sky cover (eg. in a tunnel or absolutely massive storm system), Sirius should really never drop out. That's the beauty of satellite-based systems.

Of course satellite TV has a fatal flaw, in that it's bandwidth becomes limited when the weather is bad. You know what most people like to do when the weather is bad? Oh yeah... sit home and watch TV! Hey, it works great when it's beautiful and sunny outside... you know, when you're at the beach or in the garden.

Sirius dropped out constantly when I had it. Go behind a hill or under tree canopy and they were gone.

 

[DarkBlack]

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." -- Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, speaking to the World Future Society in 1977.

Loud buzzer sound…Wrong answer Ken

 

[DarkBlack]

I had the largest combo VHF-UHF Winegard made on a rotor and got over 60 stations here years ago.

I had Radio Shack’s largest antenna. It was really big, like 10 to 12 feet front to back. Mounted on two 8’ or 10’ extension poles (can’t remember) on top of my roof (16-20’ above the roof peak), with guy wires to stabilize the whole contraption. Plus a rotor box and amplifier. All so I could get Boston stations from central NH. It always got comments.
I remember, vhf /uhf antennas was one area , Radio Shack seemed to have good electronics design experience in

 

[WinterDeere]

I had Radio Shack’s largest antenna. It was really big, like 10 to 12 feet front to back. Mounted on two 8’ or 10’ extension poles (can’t remember) on top of my roof (16-20’ above the roof peak), with guy wires to stabilize the whole contraption. Plus a rotor box and amplifier. All so I could get Boston stations from central NH. It always got comments.
I remember, vhf /uhf antennas was one area , Radio Shack seemed to have good electronics design experience in

I think Radio Shack actually private-labeled those antennas from other manufacturers, such as Arrow. The largest one they carried in the mid-1990's was several times larger than the one you mention here, but they discontinued it ca.1998.

 

[John0829]

Sirius dropped out constantly when I had it. Go behind a hill or under tree canopy and they were gone.

We have Sirius in all our vehicles and the only drop out is if we pass under a long line of sky cover. Our radios somehow download and store several minutes and keep on playing unless as I said it is a long bit of cover. One time in our Honda I noticed the radio had saved over 10 minutes of broadcast to be played back, which is nice in that if you get a phone call it will start the play back at the point you were at when the call came in. It always seem a call comes in right in the middle of a favorite song. I don't believe the trucks have as much capacity.

We have it simply because all the local stations (except PBS) are wall to wall commercials with the occasional bit of music played.

 

[WinterDeere]

We have Sirius in all our vehicles and the only drop out is if we pass under a long line of sky cover. Our radios somehow download and store several minutes and keep on playing unless as I said it is a long bit of cover.

Same. Back when I had it, it would never cut out, unless I was under continuous cover for at least a good fraction of a minute. I think the radio cached at least 20-30 seconds of play time, to deal with momentary interruptions.

I think the service is pretty good, and shouldn't cut out anywhere, no matter how remote. But maybe not all implementations of the receiver are as good, as another. Maybe some cars lack the ability to cache enough of the program to span momentary interruptions, and thus cut out.

 

[not2old]

Where I live the satellite radio cuts out for about ten of the first thirty minutes. I had to get rude to get them to stop spamming me.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I'm trying to figure out how I can get Fox news on my phone. Mainly we want Stuart Varney in morning and Hannity, Laura Ingram, etc in evening. I have a smart TV so I can stream phone to TV.
I understand it's not free.