[BC] Satellite Terestrial Repeaters

[r j carpenter]

Xen,

Outside major metro areas the satcasters don't have ANY repeaters as far 
as I know.  Repeaters cost too much to squander on rural areas.   XM  
has dozens of repeaters in the DC/Balto area,  but politics mean they 
HAVE to cover this area.  That may be 5% of their national total 
repeater count.

My nephew lives near Columbus, OH, but drives around the countryside a 
lot as partner in a Civil Engineering firm that builds roads.  He also 
drives up to Sandusky to his boat.  He has XM.

The point I make is that he recently rented a car with Sirius in the Los 
Angeles area.  He thought it "normal" that Sirius faded out under 
bridges, etc., in the LA area.

This shows me two things:
1) XM doesn't have repeaters where he drives in Ohio (rural?), and
2) Sirius has inadequate repeaters where he drove around LA.