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Lee
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Sirius Sat radio in Baja: update
Just for the record, I've had a strong signal through out Baja and no dead spots including Loreto.
Got Sirius because they had an Elvis channel (24/7) and 2 NPR's.
Got the lifetime membership for about $300 which at the $12/monthly charge will pay for itself in 2-3 years -- then it's free radio.
There are also channels devoted solely to music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2 comedy channels, sports and about 6 country channels.
This is also cool: plug in a headphone and go online and listen to your favorite channels where ever you are.
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I also had excellent reception with Sirius Satellite on the road throughout the Baja as well as 15 miles out to sea on a separate boat trip down.
Prior to Christmas they had one channel devoted entirely to Christmas music but I swear if I had heard Gene Autry sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
one more time I was ready to chuck the radio. Sirius also has Court TV and it was fascinating. We deemed that everyone was guilty!
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300.00 for a lifetime contract?
That sounds like a company in financial distress.
PLAYBALL! on XM in about 2 weeks!!!!
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And coming in the near future on Sirius....................................................Sinatra 24/7!
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just bought a boombox sirius great AC or 4 D batteries and you don't need a docking station for your home...use the boom box $99.00
really cool. beach, boat, desert etc. everywhere....ELVIS!
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and NASCAR....
I was hooked on XM, but NASCAR rules!
$300 lifetime???
whose lifetime???
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
and NASCAR....
I was hooked on XM, but NASCAR rules!
$300 lifetime???
whose lifetime??? |
Lifetime of the receiver (radio) not you.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
and NASCAR....
I was hooked on XM, but NASCAR rules!
$300 lifetime???
whose lifetime??? |
Lifetime of the receiver (radio) not you. |
Actually, lifetime of the Company. Which may, or may, not be longer than 2-3 years 
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For me it started with Sirius on Dish Network sat TV. I got hooked on listening to the Buzzsaw channel while working on my Jeeps out in the garage.
(yes I have sat TV in my garage...doesn't everyone). A buddy and I were planning to drive to Cabo in July 06 and I thought how cool it would be to
listen to commercial free music the whole way!! So I picked up the starmate replay unit and quickly installed it in his truck. It worked great all the
way to Cabo and back. The only place we had a reception issue was crossing the border in TJ going under a bridge at .00001 miles per hour. Some days
we didnt even turn it on. We just gazed in amazement at the wonders that Baja holds. After we got back I quickly installed the unit in MY vehicle. I
now have the boombox, the home kit (for the garage of course), I listen on the web and my Baja buddy bought one for his truck too. Capt George you are
correct. The boombox rocks. Ken you are correct lifetime is lifetime of the radio (receiver). So if it dies in 2 years and you buy a new one then you
need to pay for activation and the service on that radio.
I cant wait for Sunday. Nascar with 10 channels of driver to team broadcasts. All 10 will broadcast the normal race coverage and you will hear the
respective driver to team talk depending on which team's channel you are on. Did XM broadcast this driver to team talk when Nascar was on XM? If
anyone heard it on XM let me know...it sounds really cool.
I'm not gonna play the Sirius vs XM game. I bought Sirius without researching the dif between the two. I am very happy with Sirius and the selection
of COMMERCIAL FREE music. And considering LA/OC radio these days I'm sure either Sirius or XM is a no brainer compared to public radio.
Sorry for the long post...guess I felt like rambling.
Lee aren't you the one that asked an honest question about a sensitive issue in your very first post? I'm sure you can relate to rambling at times.
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You been reading my mail?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
and NASCAR....
I was hooked on XM, but NASCAR rules!
$300 lifetime???
whose lifetime??? |
Lifetime of the receiver (radio) not you. |
Actually, lifetime of the Company. Which may, or may, not be longer than 2-3 years |
"The Company"
precisely my thoughts when I posed the query...
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For home installations where the portable antenna doesn't get reception inside and you don't want to be worrying about who will trip over the cable
strung outside throught the window, they also sell a permanent exterior-mounted and weatherproof (we'll see if that means Baja weatherproof) antenna.
I'm partial to Faction myself, but have to switch over to Chill or 1st Wave when the wife and kids are around. Too much cursing for the kids and the
wife just looks at me funny when I crank the Deftones up to eleven. (She likes System of a Down, though, so all is not lost.)
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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With the XM My2Go unit, which comes with a wearable antennae, a car antennae and a house antennae (and cradles for the last two), I have my house type
antenna simply pointing south RIGHT THROUGH A WALL. Its very close to a sliding glass door but its pointing right at the wall, not the glass. I get
the maximum bars; three. The cable is snaked along the floor/wall junction. Even this antennae is very portable......just a curved square disc with an
attached stand.
One thing's for sure......ANY satellite radio beats the terrestrials.
[Edited on 2-16-2007 by Hook]
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Lee
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
$300 lifetime???
whose lifetime??? |
Lifetime of the receiver (radio) not you. |
Well, OK, I get it.
If the receiver is replaced, $75 fee to activate, then it's Elvis.
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
And coming in the near future on Sirius....................................................Sinatra 24/7! |
Sinatra is cool.
For awhile, channel 10 was Bruce Springstein 24/7.
Then it was The Who 24/7.
Beatles would be nice.
How about Classic Vinyl? YEAH! Guess that date's me.
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Classic Vinyl? Dig that too. "Hey You" by BTO is on right now. It's all good.
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i like my XM weather NEXRAD receiver and would now hate to fly without it - am spoiled! but not too hot yet on pay to listen radio. i get too much
free stuff online that dumps into my MP3 and plays in all my rigs and homes. Think you have to pay to download music? wrong again - its ALL free if
you know how to do it AND legal!!
Insider Trading mags report they are both in trouble financially. i do miss Howard a little but not at $12 a month. I really like Adam Corolla
mornings - commercials, hell i tune them out like a dog does. i bet they have failings later. WX will last cause the bird is already there and the
production costs are minimal, unlike music channels.
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Lifetime
A buddy of mine just last month found out that the "Lifetime" was for the receiver. He changed his receiver and had to pay.
I stay away from "Lifetime" memberships in most anything, especially companies that have yet to make a profit. A friend down in Hemet bought a
"Long-Term" membership with a long established ISP which turned out to be worthless when they went out of business.
The one personal exception to the "No Lifetime" membership is my NRA Life Member status.
I bought XM a couple of years back, but only because the hardware package at that time was a better offer than Sirius.
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have any of you ran into the problem of the 88.1 station overpowering the satelite signal??
I had this happen today, to the extent that I shut off the radio??
It occured in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia:moon:. Any answers?
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Happens to me driving south to San Diego from L.A., right around San Clemente. If you're using a Sportster, hit menu, go to FM transmitter options,
go to change frequency, then dial it up to 88.3 or 88.5 or whatever frequency is clear in that area, and enter it by pushing in the dial button. Hit
the menu button twice to get back, turn your radio dial to the selected frequency, and you should be in business. It can be reset to the original
frequence in the same manner.
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gracias george
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