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XM has its good and bad points.  Your reception is affected by any oveerhead 
storm activity, tunnels, and mountainous areas.
Ideally, XM involves a composite transmission; one that comes from a satellite 
above you, and one that comes from a terrestial transmission (at a much lower 
frequency).  This is ideal, and it only exists in very few areas, mostly large 
metropolitan areas.
Out in Montana, you may have some areas where the reception may be great until 
you are near mountains, or there is a storm cloud overhead.  (The Satellite 
carrier is at around 1.2 GHz.  If water droplets, snow, ice, etc. falling to 
earth are within the 1/4 wavelength of the carrier (about .75 inches long), you 
will have a total loss of signal.

I'm not trying to shoot it down, I'm just illustrating something that happens 
to this type of transmission.  (That includes satellite TV too!)

Chris Middlebrook
62 Custom Southampton




 --- On Mon 04/12,  < ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx > wrote:
From:  [mailto: ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, club.com@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 03:13:07 EDT
Subject: IML: Radio Upgrades

<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT  SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hello All,<BR>
 I have been following the thread regarding cassettes/Cd's/8 Tracks. This 
summer, the restoration of my 64 begins in earnest. I have decided that the 
simplest solution to the cruising sounds situation is to install an XM system. 
The tuner is slim and easily hidden. The receiver can be installed under the 
dash. The result of this system is digital quality music that answers to every 
taste.<BR>
 It also speaks to the problem of originality. Since this system is easily 
installed, damage to the dash is minimal. My local Radio Shack installer has 
assured me that high output speakers can be installed in the kick panels. Since 
mine are carpet covered, the installation is both neat and discreet. Any 
thoughts?<BR>
                                                  Allan from Billings, 
Montana</FONT></HTML>
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