T&T: Incompatible Paid Radio Systems

[Peter Bennett]

Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 6:00:03 PM, Gil wrote:

GJ> FYI, the networks that supply Sirius and XM radio are not compatible.  Sirius'
GJ> satellite and terrestrial networks operate at 2,320.00MHz - 2332.50MHz while
GJ> XM operates at 2,332,50MHz - 2,345.00MHz. This begs the question of why the
GJ> merger.  I have some opinions on that topic, but that and this are not really
GJ> trawler related, beyond the fact that some or all of us will have to change
GJ> equipment.

Those frequencies are, to use a technical term, Awful Bloody Close
(adjacent, in fact).  I suspect that a receiver for one system could
easily be converted to the other with a simple software update.

(Disclaimer: I don't use either system, so this might be considered a
wild guess...)

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