Satellite Radio, Portable Car Satellite Radio

What is Satellite Radio?
by: Scott Fish

Satellite Radio – Its here! Satellite radio is a new service
being offered by two companies, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius
Satellite Radio. Both companies are offering over 100 channels of
streaming music and entertainment. High quality sound is achieved
through the use of satellites orbiting high above. Satellite
radio has been commercial free and free from regulations by
federal committees. The impossible, is now possible, hearing the
same radio station across north America and from coast to coast.
All made possible by XM satellite radio and Sirius satellite
radio.

XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have designed
satellite broadcast systems that differ but they achieve the same
high quality of satellite radio. A milestone of this success is
the fact that satellite radio signals that are available across
the United States and into Mexico and Canada. Rock and Roll – No
its not a genre any more! XM Satellite Radio has two satellites
named Rock and Roll which remain in parallel geostationary orbit
to provide radio coverage throughout the United States. Sirius
Satellite Radio has chose to use three satellites in an inclined
elliptical orbit. This configuration provides 16 hours per
satellite of signal, which gives a great redundancy if any
satellite were to fail. Playing it smart, Sirius and XM both have
spare satellites, which can be called on in a moments notice if
needed.

XM satellite radio and sirius satellite radio have Earth based
broadcast stations that are used to send up information to the
satellites, which is then dispersed through out the globe. Sirius
and XM both have disk jockeys that manage, create and program
music which is then sent up to the satellites. The information is
then taken in by the satellites and sent through a rebroadcast of
the streams to earth. The Major advantage of this is that, unlike
earth-based radio stations whose signals reach listeners 150
miles away, satellite radio signals have a huge reach, and are
receivable anywhere within the continental United States and
hundreds of miles in each direction of the borders. Satellite
Radio is growing to become a world wide network and offerings are
growing throughout the world. XM satellite radio and Sirius
satellite radio are making it happen!

So How Does Satellite Radio Work: First, a receiver decodes and
plays the received signals through an antenna. In the beginning,
some cars have used a tuner that accepts the antenna signals and
then passes them to a satellite radio-ready radio for playing. Ad
the concept has grown out of the car and into the home, home kits
for satellite radio use direct RCA inputs for home theater and
traditional stereo systems. A Growing number of choices is
occurring and each company is developing a broad scope of
products for consumers. Already we are seeing receivers for
car-only, boom boxes, computer-only, and portables for use in car
and home configurations. The companies making these products are,
Audiovox, Delphi Skyfi, Terk, and plenty others are jumping on
board. Both XM satellite radio and Sirius satellite radio have
licensed receivers and other products for consumers use.



Scott fish is the Owner of www.TopSatelliteRadio.com.

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