Thinkdiff
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join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY | reply to Buckazznaked
Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL
Yes, this is pretty cool. Not entirely useful for me being that i'll have XM on DirecTV in a couple days, but still very cool. Thanks! |
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KCrimson
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join:2001-02-25
Brooklyn, NY | Yea, but just think - with AOL Radio you'll even be able to hear XM Radio when it is cloudy outside. |
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Thinkdiff
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join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY | Haha.. my DTV hasn't gone out in well over a year. |
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xmrocks
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join:2003-09-23
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said by KCrimson  :Yea, but just think - with AOL Radio you'll even be able to hear XM Radio when it is cloudy outside. You should be able to hear it anyway with an XM receiver as the signal is broadcast by the three satellites and a multi-thousand ground repeater network. Clouds don't affect the satellite signal.
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JackKane
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| threading issues... he's referring to getting XM on DTV satellite, which does not feed off the ground repeater network and is susceptible to poor weather.
BTW, XM in the car fades to black under 50ft-long bridges for a few seconds. There's your 'cloudy day'. |
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wxboss
This is like Deja vu all over again.
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join:2005-01-30
Jacksonville, FL
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| I know this is OT, but I'm curious about those who have a hard time receiving XM's Sat signals vs. their terrestrial repeater network. Down here in Florida, I actually have my home unit's antennae facing NE (not S like they recommend) and it actually has to penetrate a dense tree canopy as the two trees outside this window have things pretty well covered. I still get 3 bars on the Sat signal and no bars on the repeater end as indicated in antennae settings on the receiver.
I guess what I'm trying to get at here is whether the XM sats are similar to the GPS sats when it comes to their coverage because I know there is a greater GPS density in the South then there is in the North. |
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JoshNJ
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join:2001-12-25
Freehold, NJ
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said by KCrimson :Yea, but just think - with AOL Radio you'll even be able to hear XM Radio when it is cloudy outside. I have had xm for over 3 years, not once has it been affected by clouds, rain or snow. Only thing I have ever seen block the signal was concrete walls.
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KCrimson
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join:2001-02-25
Brooklyn, NY
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| Actually, my original reply was in regards XM via AOL versus XM via DirecTV. Whereas I have never used XM nor Sirius via satelite, I am not aware of any difficulties recieving either service on overcast days. However, I do have DirecTV and the bad-weather-outages can be a real nuisance here in New York City with a standard DirecTV dish. |
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JoshNJ
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join:2001-12-25
Freehold, NJ | xm's signal is indeed much different than directv's, i have seen directv cut of from heavy rain/clouds, unlike xm
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Eric
Animals Rule This Land
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join:2000-09-29
I see trees.
·Optimum Online
| That's the difference between audio and video. Even in the past 4 years that I have had XM, the signal reception improves with each new generation of hardware. My SkyFi2 gets a signal in places my old Sony PNP and even SkyFi1 never could get. I now only leave the antenna on the dashboard of my work vehicle, not the roof (where it gets torn off).
Too bad this app isn't an improvement for the crappy Macintosh XM Radio Online interface. I really hate having to open WMP to listen to the online channels. But AOL did one thing right for XMOL, Hawaiian music!
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JoshNJ
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join:2001-12-25
Freehold, NJ | I've wondered for awhile who listens to the hawaiian music channel all day, or what about 24 hour elvis? 
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