XM and Sirius operate in S-band, 2320 - 2332.5 for Sirius and 2332.5 - 2345 for XM. Here's a link with some technical details. http://www.coe.montana.edu/ee/rwolff/EE580/final%20projects/SDARSReport.pdf Ron Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >Bob Miller wrote: > > > >>Without doing the research, I think that XM >>and Sirius have about 4 MBps total capacity >>and fit 100 + radio channels in that. >> >> > >I couldn't quickly find XM Radio or Sirius Radio >frequency allocations. But the original satellite >radio system, WorldSpace, transmits 50 channels >of 128 Kb/s audio in the 1,467 to 1,492 MHz >segment of the L-Band. > >So, > >50 * 128 is 6.4 Mb/s total > >6.4 / 25 is 0.256 b/s/Hz. > >I'm pretty sure terrestrial digital radio could >get by with more like 1 b/s/Hz. > >Bert > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >FreeLists.org > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.