[BC] Re: Re: Looks like we got snookered!

[R J Carpenter]

I can believe that Dana gets XM indoors directly from the sats.  I do 
in my one-story house which has brick walls.  I'll admit that the 
ceiling insulation doesn't have foil backing.

A "sweet spot" is the fireplace mantle. I only get the eastern 
sattelite on the mantle. I'm in Maryland. There is a repeater a few 
miles from me, but it's too marginal to contribute to the recovered 
signal with the antenna on the mantle. I think the repeater is the one 
on a tall building near Montgomery Mall / WMAL xmtr.

I'm surprised at the assertion that XM has no repeaters in RI.  There 
are dozens in the DC/Balto area. Some are very directional.
http://www.xm411.com/phpbb/album_pic.php?pic_id=9
While incorrect in detail, gives an idea of the number. Not shown on 
the map, there is one near XM's hdqtrs as well as another near the 
Maine Ave. waterfront. A friend has access to the roofs of a number of 
DC buildings and found a new XM rptr on one about a year ago.

bob c.