 DavePR
join:2008-06-04
Canyon Country, CA
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1 edit | I'm hearing Howard Stern on my NPR station Once you flood the market with cheap devices there is no chance to recall them if a problem is later discovered. Take for example all the illegal Sirius (and XM) radios with FM modulators that are way too powerful.
I don't see how a cost-effective device can be built. How will the geolocation requirement be met? GPS? Indoors?
How will the access to a database requirement be met? WiFi? |
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 aSicapplication specificPremium
join:2001-05-17
Wakulla, FL | Tell me where I can get one of these "way too powerful" transmitters. Cause all the XM units I've had since they launched have been uber-weak. Now you cant even get one with a fm modulator.
One or two complaints from people with prepaid legal always ruins things for everyone.  |
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to DavePR
said by DavePR:Once you flood the market with cheap devices there is no chance to recall them if a problem is later discovered. Take for example all the illegal Sirius (and XM) radios with FM modulators that are way too powerful. I think you're confusing this with the fact that Sirius and XM installed repeater stations that were broadcasting with a more powerful signal than they were allowed to.
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I can not comment on XM because I have Sirius. I can pick up my old X-act radio on my car radio several blocks away. Of course now all new radios are so weak you need a FM direct connect.
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DavePR
join:2008-06-04
Canyon Country, CA Reviews:
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I don't think I'm confusing Terrestrial Repeaters with FM Modulators. The Terrestrial Repeaters are very large and noisy and hot. The FM Modulators are built into satellite radio receivers. I have seen both, up close.
There are millions of illegally strong FM Modulators in the hands of end users and NPR would really like Sirus/XM to recall them all, as a condition of the merger. We'll see what a logistical nightmare that will be, even with the names and addresses of said end-users.
Imagine trying to track down every White Space Dingus, when users don't necessarily have to give their names to buy them. |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by DavePR:There are millions of illegally strong FM Modulators in the hands of end users and NPR would really like Sirus/XM to recall them all, as a condition of the merger. We'll see what a logistical nightmare that will be, even with the names and addresses of said end-users. You're correct. But the FCC statement says it's not just XM/Sirius' ... almost 75% of the FM Modulators on the market they tested (for other devices like iPod's too) cause interference.
I doubt the FCC will hold just XM/Sirius' feet to the fire, especially since they asked their manufacturers to suspend production and correct the issue ... way back in 2006.
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DavePR
join:2008-06-04
Canyon Country, CA Reviews:
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| My point is that, even though they know where the illegal Sirius and XM receivers are, they still don't want to go through the HASSLE of recalling them.
If a million White Space Devices get into the field and a problem is discovered, there is no practical way to get them back, and an entertainment medium used by 10s of millions of Americans will be crippled. |
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