Radio by Satellite

Satellite radio has quite literally been a god send to
people who live or travel regularly in remote locations, or
even for people who are required to travel long distances.
Static-free reception can now be experienced and enjoyed
by listeners who have a satellite radio even if they are
in the remotest of locations.

As soon as you find a good station, you will drive out of
the area and it will become static and then fade away
completely. It was a pain to travel from one area to
another constantly fiddling with the tuner to get a working
station. And it seems that as soon as you find one that
picks up properly, you have driven out of the area and
can~t pick it up anymore. But now technology has advanced
and with satellite radio, you can now pick up any station
from the satellite.

Regular radio signals are only able to travel about 30-40
miles past their transmitters. Once you have passed this
point, the signal will get weaker and weaker and you will
hear static until eventually, the signal disappears
completely. But technology has come a long way and now
with satellite radio, you can hear clearly since the waves
are coming from a satellite from space. You will be able to
hear your favorite music station wherever you go. If you
are listening to national radio stations, you can hear no
matter where in the country you go.

What you might not know is that automobile manufacturers
have been installing satellite receivers in cars for many
years now. This is helping technology advance and makes it
easier for you to keep up with the changing trends. In
fact, the FCC has given out around $80 million dollars to
different companies that are researching this technology.
All of this research means better radio for you.

These three satellite radio companies have conducted
completely different research programs and as a result
naturally are now offering different products to the market.
As a result there is more then likely going to be a 'VHS
versus Beta' type battle between the companies as the
technology progresses. Two of the companies, XM Radio and
Worldspace have made a formal agreement to share new
technological developments with the other party and to make
every effort to work collaboratively to develop and design
further innovations in this expanding communications field.
This partnership can only be a good thing for consumers,
particularly consumers who frequent remote locations on a
regular basis and who need to communicate with the outside
world when they do so.

Corbin Mathieson is the webmaster and operator of Ask
Satellite which is a
premier source of information about Satellite. For more
information, go to: http://asksatellite.com