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Satelite radio question.

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StevenGastreich

I'm wondering if there is any possible way that satelite radio signals can be picked up on fm. I am in Wauwatosa, and on my transister, either on 104.3 or 104.5, I've been picking up a classical station. On the top of the hour ID, the announcer identified it as XM Classics. Could this be scientifically possible that I'm picking up the satelite, or could it be a pirate? The signal was faint, but listenable.
 
> I'm wondering if there is any possible way that satelite
> radio signals can be picked up on fm. I am in Wauwatosa,
> and on my transister, either on 104.3 or 104.5, I've been
> picking up a classical station. On the top of the hour ID,
> the announcer identified it as XM Classics. Could this be
> scientifically possible that I'm picking up the satelite, or
> could it be a pirate? The signal was faint, but listenable.
>
Either a pirate or someone has their XM hooked up to an FM transmitter to listen on their stereo, and you happen to be close enought (perhaps next door neighbor) to get it. There is no way possible you are getting the actual XM signal on your radio. <P ID="signature">______________
Joshua Werner
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Station Manager & Webmaster
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It's probably just the radio itself. Most have a built-in FM transmitter (for easy installation into cars) and some of them are quite powerful. I just bought the Sirius One receiver today and it goes a few blocks, right out of the box. My previous Sirius JVC receiver only went about ten feet.
 
> I just bought the Sirius One
> receiver today and it goes a few blocks, right out of the
> box.

I'm pretty sure one of those is what was wiping out my iTrip the other day.

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> > I just bought the Sirius One
> > receiver today and it goes a few blocks, right out of the
> > box.
>
> I'm pretty sure one of those is what was wiping out my iTrip
> the other day.
>
> -A
>
Drive you car around and turn on 88.3. 88.3 seems to be the most common for satellite radios, etc. I drove mine around town and there were at least 2 instances where I got interference from other 88.3s at random.<P ID="signature">______________

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