FM Station Finder
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www.radio-locator.com main site
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/vacant link to the vacant frequency
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/vacant link to the vacant frequency
Geronimo said:
What radio do you have? Just this weekend I threw in a SIRSWB (for Sirius) in the wife's car. Made an incredible difference in reception.
C1787GJ said:
It's a device which plugs in between the antenna and the radio of the car and plugs into the FM Out port on older Sirius radios. It disables the FM Modulator and sends the signal directly into the radio.
Elminates the problem of stations overpowering the FM Modulator.
http://www.cardomain.com/productimages?sku=AVXSIRSWB
Lerch said:
Hi back to you Lerch, good to see posting on Satelliteguys.us and the satellite radio forum. Welcome and enjoy.
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pdxsam said:
These wired FM modulators are readily available at Best Buy and Circuit City. Should be available at most satellite radio online retailers too. They work well.
Sirius_Rich said:Hi back to you Lerch, good to see posting on Satelliteguys.us and the satellite radio forum. Welcome and enjoy.
If your using Sirius all you need to do is scan manually the FM channels where you live. This is because it depends where you live which FM frequency is available. Where you live maybe 104.5 is a clear channel. But here in Toronto one of the biggest FM stations uses that frequency.
So what I recommend is manually go channel to channel in the 85 range and find a station that just has static, no sounds at all. For the purpose of this test lets say channel 90.5 is clear.
You then goto your Sirius radio and hit menu.
Then goto Fm transmitter and click the nob (tuner).
Then go to frequency selection and the channel your radio is set-up on currently will appear. With the tuning nob you turn it up or down to get to 90.5 then push the nob in to save the tuner channel.
It is not necessary to go to the dealer to have this changed.
It make take a few times and different channel selection to find one that works best for you in the area you live in.
Here in Toronto I started out on 89.5 I think and ended up with 90.5 and the signal reception is great for me.
But I have heard that getting the modulator doesn't really help too much in big cities. Since the signal goes through radio waves, it's going to cut in/out every once in a while that cannot be overcome. But before you go the route of the modulator just try the channel switching and see if it is better.
Let's remember this signal is coming from space.
And in many large North American cities they have repeaters which pickup the signal from the sky and rebroadcast a stronger signal on the ground.
We have them here in Toronto and I know they are also in New York City and Los Angeles.
Good luck, don't give up it will improve as time goes on and more repeaters are added to bad areas. And I don't work for the satellite companies. Just a regular working guy who likes listening to commerical free radio.
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please use the thumbnail option for pictures to help our dial up users 
I use 97.7 here in Minneapolis mainly because there is a station in SD border that is on 97.7 9that won't get to me) and a distant station in Wisconsin border on 97.7
I use 97.7 here in Minneapolis mainly because there is a station in SD border that is on 97.7 9that won't get to me) and a distant station in Wisconsin border on 97.7
Iceberg said:please use the thumbnail option for pictures to help our dial up users
I use 97.7 here in Minneapolis mainly because there is a station in SD border that is on 97.7 9that won't get to me) and a distant station in Wisconsin border on 97.7
Just new here how do you use the thumbnail option?
Where is it on the posting section above or below when I post?
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Is that picture a good size for the board?
I still don't know what I need to click to make a thumbnail?
I am new here today.
I still don't know what I need to click to make a thumbnail?
I am new here today.
Iceberg said:when you reply to a post, scroll down past the part where you type and it says "manage attachments"
click on that and you can upload pictures that show as thumbnails
Oh thats great thanks now I know.
I'm just gonna sail back to Toronto now....
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