XM has its good and bad points. Your reception is affected by any oveerhead
storm activity, tunnels, and mountainous areas.
Ideally, XM involves a composite transmission; one that comes from a satellite
above you, and one that comes from a terrestial transmission (at a much lower
frequency). This is ideal, and it only exists in very few areas, mostly large
metropolitan areas.
Out in Montana, you may have some areas where the reception may be great until
you are near mountains, or there is a storm cloud overhead. (The Satellite
carrier is at around 1.2 GHz. If water droplets, snow, ice, etc. falling to
earth are within the 1/4 wavelength of the carrier (about .75 inches long), you
will have a total loss of signal.
I'm not trying to shoot it down, I'm just illustrating something that happens
to this type of transmission. (That includes satellite TV too!)
Chris Middlebrook
62 Custom Southampton
--- On Mon 04/12, < ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx > wrote:
From: [mailto: ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, club.com@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 03:13:07 EDT
Subject: IML: Radio Upgrades
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hello All,<BR>
I have been following the thread regarding cassettes/Cd's/8 Tracks. This
summer, the restoration of my 64 begins in earnest. I have decided that the
simplest solution to the cruising sounds situation is to install an XM system.
The tuner is slim and easily hidden. The receiver can be installed under the
dash. The result of this system is digital quality music that answers to every
taste.<BR>
It also speaks to the problem of originality. Since this system is easily
installed, damage to the dash is minimal. My local Radio Shack installer has
assured me that high output speakers can be installed in the kick panels. Since
mine are carpet covered, the installation is both neat and discreet. Any
thoughts?<BR>
Allan from Billings,
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