Review Of Satellite Radio - How Much It Worth?

By AnsweringPhoneServices.com

Tips! No loss of signal. Because the signal is digital and transmitted to a group of satellites that orbit high above the earth in the atmosphere, there are no obstructions like trees, buildings, or even the curvature of the earth's surface that can prevent you from receiving any of the available channels no matter where you go.

This is the first and perhaps the biggest technology advancement of radio since FM decades ago. Soon we may all be hooked up to satellite radio.

No matter how advanced the technology becomes for pre-recorded music, all of us still need the radio. There is something warm and fuzzy listening to your favorite disc jockey play the music that you like. However, there is a new technology opening up in the radio market; satellite radio.

All of us have experienced, particularly in our cars, when the radio signal fades or is over driven by static. All of this comes from the fact that most radio stations cannot broadcast their signal beyond 30 or 40 miles up 100 miles, depending on the terrain and the frequency, from the transmitting tower.

Now with eh new technology of satellite radio, you could drive all the way across the country listening to the same radio station. Although satellite radio is not just for automobiles, industry sources say that is where the future lies. With eh signal being broadcast, not from the highest mountain around but from 22,000 miles in space, you will never lose the signal.

Tips! Sure, out here on the West Coast we have these great, cheeky commercials that poke fun at competing technologies, those ads that point to the techno-wars between satellite dish and cable companies, including ComCast cable and the Direct TV dish, for example.

Even at home, the wind blows and the neighbor's big tree next door starts moving and then the signal fades. On the other hand, in the big city, you just cannot receive your favorite FM station because the other tall buildings block the signal. That will never happen again with satellite radio.

Moreover, I have to add that, because satellite radio is a paid-for service much like your cable TV, there would be few if any commercial interruptions of your music listening pleasure. The two big players in the satellite radio business, also called digital radio, are XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Each is offering near CD quality music beamed to your home, office, or car from outer space.

Tips! Great for travel. No need to pack up the CD player and all your CDs when traveling to listen to your favorite music, just listen to your satellite radio.

For several years now, the automobile industry has been offering satellite radio in some of their most popular models. Now though, there are many portable units available for you to receive satellite radio. Because the signal from the satellite radio is digital, the sound quality is much better than what most people are used to when listening to their radios.

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The content on satellite radio is much greater than what you would receive on your own standard radio just like what you get on your cable TV hook-up. You can expect around 100 stations with more being added every day. Receiving satellite radio requires that you purchase a special receiver and you must pay a monthly service charge of around $10.

Tips! You'll need to contact your satellite TV provider to activate your system.

However, the cost is minimal when you consider the large number and huge variety of stations that are available. Of course, there are numerous stations that play on a certainly genre of music so you never have to wait for the whim of the DJ to finally get to your favorite artist. News, weather, and talk channels are on satellite radio.

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Cell Phone Magic - A Leap From The Radio Telephone

History 1946 � Worlds first commercial mobile phone service put into operation. It could link moving vehicles to a telephone network via radio waves.

My introduction to the grand daddy of cell phones was while I was working as a Forest Fire Lookout man, in the early 1980s. One of my colleagues worked on a lookout tower, in radio range of a radio telephone repeater tower. So he could use a radio telephone, and free up more of the Forest Service frequency that I used. His radio telephone was about the size of a lap top. Cell phones are really down-sized radio telephones.

The advantage cell phones have today, over the old Radio telephone, is that they are much smaller and easier to use than the old radio telephones. Cell phones use very little battery power compared, to a radio telephone. This fact has helped the cell phone designers reduce their size to that of an object that can fit in your pocket.

History 1911 � American Telephone and Telegraph (AT & T) acquire the Western Union Telegraph Company in a hostile takeover. They purchased stocks in the company covertly and the two eventually merged.

The radio telephone was big and had to have a very powerful radio signal to reach the few radio towers that existed. The radio signal it transmitted had to be powerful enough to reach a tower 40 or 50 miles away.

Cell phones today are much smaller, and easier to use. Both people on a cell phone call can talk at once. Both listen at the same time. When using a radio telephone, only one person can talk at a time, while the other person can only listen. Since there are many cell towers in the system, many more people can use cell phones, than could use the old radio telephones. Radio telephones only had about 25 frequencies, available to use. Today each cell has about 56 voice channels available.

History 1888 � Common battery system developed by Hammond V. Hayes, allows one central battery to power all telephones on an exchange, rather than relying on each units own battery.

The cell phone system is divided into small cells, which allows greater frequency reuse in an area, so that millions of customers can use cell phones at the same time. Today modern cell phones can communicate on 1,664 frequencies or more! Each cell occupies about 10 square miles. There can be 56 people talking on their cell phone at one time within the area of a cell. The cell phone uses a much less powerful radio signal than a radio telephone. The larger number of cell phone towers makes this possible.

History 1936 � Research into electronic telephone exchanges began and was eventually perfected in the 1960's with the electronic switching system (SES).

Another advantage of using a low power radio signal of 3 watts is that it fades to near nothing past the edge of the cell; so the same frequencies can be reused in the neighbouring cells. As you travel you are switched automatically from the cell tower you are moving away from to the next best located tower in the area you are going toward.

As you travel your cell phone sends out a code signal which identifies itself, you the user, and the service provider. Your cell phone is always communicating with the cell tower and its service provider. This is done to keep track of which cell it is located in, how strong the signal strength is received, and transmitted, and to determine if the cell you are in, is owned by your provider, or another company. A person can travel for hundreds of miles and hold a conversation the entire time using cellular technology.

History 1955 � Saw the beginning of the laying of transatlantic telephone cables.

Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Cell Phones

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