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johnEvegas
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satellite radio
I am taking the plunge and I will be in cabo to work and live shortly after the first of the year. I am looking at putting a deck into the car I just
bought to bring down.
My question is: Which satellite radio service is accesable in the baja and more importantly Los Cabos?
I cannot wait the hang out and thank anyone in person that responds
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Bajaboy
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I spent a few days, just north of Cabo, marlin fishing on my friend's boat. He had Sirius and we had perfect reception. I just installed one in my
truck and can't wait for my trip to Baja in a few weeks. I love it.
Zac
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comitan
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They both work fine in cabo, just decide which one is better for you, if you go into search satellilte much discussion on this subject.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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bajajudy
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Ok this is my take on this. I have Sirius with a Sanyo receiver. If I were to do it over, I would want a remote to change the channels. Dont even
know if that is available.
And if they had one, I would buy a big screen so when I am listening to the oldies channel and my husband and I get into....Ok Who did this? I
wouldnt have to get up and walk across the room to read the teeny monitor. It's not that I am lazy but I have made a path in the rug going back and
forth.
All in all, I am very happy with the Sirius...I have no experience with XM. Sirius does have dj's and some of them are annoying. Does XM also have
dj's?
There is a long thread about this if you care to do a search.
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Cardon
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I have both Sirius and XM and like both of them. If I had to choose one only I would go with XM, but that's just my personal taste. You can't go wrong
with either one.
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larry
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XM is more music driven---it has DJs, but they play a much smaller role than at Sirius. Sirius emphasizes on air personalities more (most notably
with the addition of Howard Stern).
I have been to the XM studios in Washington DC, and have met several of the programmers. They have complete free reign as to what they can play on
their particular channels---something which is really unique in radio these days. On some channels they play music from artists who are not even on
record labels if the programmer feels it is good music.
XM broadcasts every major league baseball game. Both Sirius and XM have a lot of news and information channels.
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MrBillM
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This or That
I would have bought either system. Sam's club was selling the Sirius and Costco the XM. The kit for the XM included more value for the price so I
bought that. I'm sure I would have been OK with Sirius, but, in retrospect, I'm pleased with my decision because I'm not subsidizing Ellen
Degenerate, Howard Sterno and others of that ilk.
Of course, since I listen to only a few of the available channels, I can't evaluate what most of you listen to. My listening breakdown is probably 80
% Big Band Swing, 10 % 50s Oldies or Classical and 10 % Fox, MSNBC news.
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Hook
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Attention XM users
On my last trip to Baja (early November), we were hoping that the XM channel that covers San Diego traffic and weather might have the border wait
times. Nope!
But sometime since then, they have included them on this channel, INCLUDING THE TECATE WAIT TIMES.
I know KOGO-AM has San Ysidro and Otay but they are only on the half hour and sometimes they dont give them at all.
Genrally, I find the XM DJs very non-intrusive, EXCEPT THIS IDIOT ON THE 60'S STATION. That guy talks (actually shouts) between every song, but I
think his shift is limited.
New favorites:
The Loft
XM Cafe
What the hell happened to World Zone? It seems to have been replaced by an all-French channel unless it was a specialty show.
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wrk
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Sirius has two npr stations I don't believe XM has any.
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The squarecircle
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XM Sat. Radio
Greetings.. >>>>>> Reprobative Howard Stearn simplified the choice for me!!! >>>>>> Regards, sq.
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bill erhardt
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XM Radio does have an NPR channel, and they have Bob Edwards previously with broadcast NPR.
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bajajudy
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I dont ever listen to Howard Stern, that is for sure, nor any of the other talk radio personailities but I sure do enjoy Jimmy Buffett and the Rolling
Stones stations.
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jeffg
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XM reception
We've had XM for a couple of years and love it, I can't imagine going back to regular FM radio now. We have good reception at our house in Los
Barriles, with the home kit antenna pointed properly. But in the car driving around it's a different story, we get good reception driving south until
about Cd. Constitucion. Then the drop outs increase to the point where it's not really listenable, and we go back to the CD's. Heading back north it
seems like we don't get decent reception until we get around Loreto. I've had the similar reception in 2 different vehicles, both with the car kit
and standard mini-antenna. I think others may have had better results in the vehicle with different antennas.
Jeff
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BajaRescue
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Never experienced any drop ous with Sirius on several trips all the way down Baja.
We went with Sirius because of the better NPR selection, too. Sirius also has PRI from Canada. Sirius has yet to add Morning Edition and All Things
Considered, and I do miss Bob Edwards..
We wind up listening a lot to "Sirius Disorder," a great music channel for adults with "Music Attention Deficit Disorder." They play a little bit of
everything, which suits me just fine...
Thing to do is go get a preview of each before you buy. Sirius offers a free three-day pass to anyone with a PC and speakers. XM offers the same deal.
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BornFisher
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I`ve had satellite radios for years now and love both XM and Sirius. BUT........ as more people subscribe, more companies are coming out with
recieviers. I recently bought a Sirius Starmate and it`s THE BOMB!!! I`m in radio heaven! Here`s a plan.... just go to Circurit City and buy a unit.
Buy a month of service. If you don`t like it, return it and just be out about $13 for the months service. But if you do lots of driving, or just like
music, I think you will soon be saying that $13 is well worth it!! Oh yeah... lifetime for Sirius is $500!!
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postman
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I'm an XM listener. A plug for X-Country (12), if you liked the west coast music scean of the late 60's then you should like X-Country.
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Hook
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X-country is what?
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I'm an XM listener. A plug for X-Country (12), if you liked the west coast music scean of the late 60's then you should like X-Country.
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What, you mean like the Doors, Quicksilver, SF music scene, Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros and their permutations, etc.?
Give me an idea of the artists........
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vjfamily
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Satellite radio
We listened to the World Series in Oct while we were staying at our home in Buena Vista. Set up and positioning took 2 minutes. The unit also worked
in the car. We chose a Roady 2.
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bajajudy
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Just found new, to me, Sirius station...super shuffle..012
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A-OK
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I got to get one...... maybe Santana Claus will bring me a Sirius !
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