Showing posts with label Satellite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Satellite. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Review Of Satellite Radio - How Much It Worth?

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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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Friday, January 19, 2007

Satellite Telephone - What Is It?

History 1877
The very first permanent outdoor telephone wire was completed. It stretched a distance of just three miles.

A Scottish born American inventor Alexander Graham Bell -1847-1922 A.D. - invented the telephone in the year 1876. The telephone underwent many more innovations and today we see a bewildering variety, in very many sizes and shapes flooding the markets. There has been a giant leap in the telecommunications area and today it is possible to send voice, data, pictures, video, stills etc to distant lands at unimaginable speeds in analog and digital formats. Such information can also be transmitted through fibreoptic cable in the form of light waves. Also it is possible to send such information in the form of radio-waves.

History 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, beating Elisha Gray by a matter of hours.

A Satellite phone therefore is a distinctive instrument, which has been devised to enable voice and other data transmission possible through a satellite; in the form of radio waves! There are very many variations of landline telephones and even more variations in cellular phones. Then, what is the need for satellite phone?

The clarity in landline if the voice or data is sent in the analog format, is susceptible to noise interferences. Cell phones depend on cell towers and cell exchanges. If you have to talk to someone 1000 kilometers away in all probability you may have to cross many cells to reach the receiver. Again, if the receiver happens to be in the so-called ‘fringe areas', the reception may not be to your satisfaction.

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

Since satellite telephones do not need the existence of cell-towers or cell sites, they go out of the ambit of any geographical dependency and, therefore, it becomes possible to have a dependable and regular communication. They can be used from any place on the globe. Governments and Militaries of many countries are using satellite phones for many years. Only over the last couple of years, satellite phone are being used for commercial and personal use. They can be very handy if you go into a very remote area - a desert or a jungle.

History 1874 Principal of the telephone was uncovered.

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