[pct-l] Satellite Radio for the Trail

[Mike Saenz]

Here is my only gripe about Sirius: When I chose Sirius over XM, it was
mainly because of Sirius' high visibility advertising that they have
NPR. They DO have "NPR", but it isn't their flagship programs "Morning
Edition" and "All Things Considered". I shot off several VERY hot
e-mails to both Sirius and NPR regarding what I felt was a new form of
"bait and switch".
The NPR programming is essentially most everything BUT "ME" and "ATC".
All good programming, no doubt, but if you're like me, I was addicted to
ME and ATC before I even explored this other programming.

But, that set aside, if you have the new Stiletto, you can program it to
record any broadcast for later listening! VERY cool. This, I think, is
why the Stiletto comes with 2 gigs of memory. You can upload Audio files
to the unit as well. I did, but soon deleted most of what I loaded up
because there's simply so much content broadcast bu Sirius.

I remember (just to keep this thread on "PCT" topic) when I hiked the
Desert Divide. I did this solo and while I was hiking, I was able to
pick up NPR from an FM station out of Palm Springs (I was also able to
pick up KCRW out of Santa Monica very clearly from Fuller Ridge!). This
particular day NPR had a news article about the Minute Men and the
illegal border crossing issue. There was audio from several interviews
and "ride alongs" from both the anti-immigrant" and the "pro-immigrant"
activists from the Campo area. Very cool to listen about something that
directly affects the PCT WHILE hiking the PCT! Every once in a while I
would glance back and see the tip-top of Mt Laguna far in the south.

I'm a huge radio talk/news junkie and I love getting reception wherever
I can when I'm on the trail. With satellite radio, you can get signal
reception and HUGE content in the most remote areas!

Michael  Saenz
Associate Partner

MVE & Partners, Inc. | Architecture + Planning + Interiors 
Irvine + Oakland + Honolulu

1900 Main Street, Suite 800 | Irvine, California 92614-7318 | T
949.809.3388 | www.mve-architects.com
-----Original Message-----
From: cmkudija at earthlink.net [mailto:cmkudija at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:03 PM
To: Hiker97 at aol.com; Mike Saenz; pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Satellite Radio for the Trail

Can you get NPR on satellite?

I confess my addiction...

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

www.pcta.org
Join Now!

Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but
showy,
white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in
terminal
or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
                                                               Philip A.
Munz
                                                               A
California
Flora, U.C. Press, 1973


-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Hiker97 at aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 4:56 PM
To: msaenz at mve-architects.com; pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Satellite Radio for the Trail

_msaenz at mve-architects.com_ (mailto:msaenz at mve-architects.com)   writes:

Or, you  can get one of the new Sirius Satellite radios, The Stilletto!
2
gigs of  storage and almost 200 channels of music, entertainment, talk
and
news!
--------------------
That is cool.  I might get one  of those too.  Let's see now, I have
books,
music, talk, news, and may be  some music/TV videos, etc.  I need one of
the
new GPS devices  too.  They are super cool.  I want a satellite phone
too,
so I
can  email all of you from the trail with my trail computer.

Hey, now I do not have any room for  food in my pack when I go hiking!
How
did that happen?  Oh, well, I  will just have to do without a few meals
on
the
trail.

Switchback the Best Buy of the  Trail
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