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Originally Posted by dr. fager

Ugh...don't even get me stated on Sirius....so upset with them and the fcc at the moment.

For about 12 dollars a month, lots of people enjoy mostly commercial free Sirius satellite radio. In addition to satellites, Sirius uses land based repeater transmitters to provide the signal in areas where reception is blocked by buildings and hills.

Since October, Keith McCracken is among the many people who contacted us .saying they can't listen to Sirius indoors on a portable unit anymore. Keith's office is on the sixth floor.
Keith McCracken/East Pennsboro, "If you had a window on that side of the building, that you could face it out, .you could get the antenna out there. You can probably listen to it then. But other than that you need the repeater to work or you're not going to get any signal at all."

THe FCC made Sirius shut down all of its Pennsylvania repeaters in October because of a licensing problem. Sirius and the FCC are not saying when the problem may be worked out. So, if you're planning Sirius as a holiday gift for someone who listens indoors, instead of a car, keep that in mind. A forty dollar sirius antenna extension is available that may help. You can extend the antenna fifty feet.

We are not receiving any complaints from subscribers of XM satellite radio. XM has many more land-based repeaters than Sirius, and apparently, there is no licensing problem with the XM repeaters.

to be honest I'm not happy with them either...I sent my unit back because it stopped working after 6 months...it was still under warranty so they sent me a new one no problem...BUT between last year and this year the FCC has cracked down on them regarding the strength of the signal the unit uses...meaning it must accept interference from all other radio signals...it can no longer 'override' signals on the radion etc...so now the f'ing thing is fuzzy and fades in and out all the time, and if i am stuck behind any truck with a CB radio it doesn't work...and I can no longer leave the unit in my car and pick up the signal on the radio in the barn...it really su cks. this happened to anyone else?