Satellite Radio Technology

| Monday, December 12, 2011
By Tom Soyer


Portable radios are nothing new, but the portable satellite radio has only grown in popularity in recent years. A mid range priced hand held portable radio is the XM XPMP3H1. This is more than just a radio, it is a completely portable music facility. As well as receiving broadcasts from around the globe, it also has the ability to record songs as you listen to them.

You can also schedule the recording of your favorite shows should you be unable to listen to them. It is very easy replay and pause up to 30 minutes of XM programming and the music manager software allows you to upload and manage MPA/WMA files. There is a generous 2 GB memory on board, which is further expandable with a microSD card. Weighing 2.4 pounds and costing around $150, there's a lot of technology packed into this little unit.

Also if you are looking for a hand held satellite radio and price around $390, take a look at the Sirius Stiletto 2. This good looking, robust and extremely versatile handset benefits from the superior Sirius satellite reception for crystal clear clarity of sound. And allows you to schedule recordings and capture up to 100 hours of Sirius programs.With expandable memory through a microSD card, the possibilities are endless with this little beauty.

The Sirius satellite radio delivers over 130 channels of music and other channel, and the 60+music channels are completely commercial free. There are also sports channels, chat shows, special interest shows, and many more. For sports fans there is live coverage of all the NBA and NFL games, as well as the NASCAR races. This is an excellent piece of equipment that embraces the adage "you get what you pay for".

For $80 less than the stiletto you can get yourself the Pioneer GEX-INNO2BK. Small, stylish and powerful, and carrying the renowned Pioneer brand name, this model is becoming increasingly popular. It has a 1 GB storage capacity, large enough to hold 5O hours of music and a single charge will give you five hours of live XM radio or 15 hours of playback. One touch recordings of your favorite programs are played back through MP3 or WMA files. The 1.7 LCD display is full color with a pixel resolution of 180 x 180.

In America, for instance, the two areas concentrated on at first were the densely populated east and west coasts in order to maximize possible income. One satellite would be incapable of covering the entirety of the United States in that orbit.

In order to receive satellite transmissions, you will have to use a special antenna on your decoder. This antenna must be capable of receiving L-band broadcasts for it to be of use. These new antennas are a huge improvement on the parabolic dishes (similar to those used for satellite television) that one used to have to have in order to take advantage of satellite radio technology.




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