The good old CB days. When I bought my last CB radio which I still have I took it to a person who called himself Dr. Detroit. He would tune and tweak CB radios. I had him tweak mine. When he was finished I was putting out 29 watts just a few more than a marine VHF.

One night I was on the radio when a call came in. We chatted for about a half hour or so. I finally asked his 20 and he said some streets I had not heard of. Finally I asked him what city are you in. He said I am in St. Louis Mo. I was in Trenton Mi. We were about 500 miles apart. Of course it was at night and skip had to play into it but it was neat talking to someone that far away.

As to Sirius/XM radio I do have it in my 2016 Ford Escape. Since every Detroit station that used to play 60's music has moved away from the oldies format having Sirius and the 60's or 6 station fill my need for music from those years. I plan to keep it but know that the price is very negotiable. A year ago before I traded in my Taurus I got a year for $59. I think the normal price is around $195 or so and I would never pay that much.

I do have a USB drive loaded up with close to 1900 songs so if I get rid of Sirius I will have a way to listen to my music.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 01:32:20 +0100, RGrew176
wrote:

I do have a USB drive loaded up with close to 1900 songs so if I get rid
of Sirius I will have a way to listen to my music.

I have found it is better to make up smaller play lists so you can
pick what you want to hear right then. Think of it is just different
radio channels. Depending on the capability of your player, that might
be as simple as just putting them in different directories on one
stick. The one in my car has 3 different media for MP3 so I exploit
that.
When I am running a DOS player I do it with batch files

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 01:32:20 +0100, RGrew176 wrote:


The good old CB days. When I bought my last CB radio which I still have
I took it to a person who called himself Dr. Detroit. He would tune and
tweak CB radios. I had him tweak mine. When he was finished I was
putting out 29 watts just a few more than a marine VHF.

One night I was on the radio when a call came in. We chatted for about a
half hour or so. I finally asked his 20 and he said some streets I had
not heard of. Finally I asked him what city are you in. He said I am in
St. Louis Mo. I was in Trenton Mi. We were about 500 miles apart. Of
course it was at night and skip had to play into it but it was neat
talking to someone that far away.

As to Sirius/XM radio I do have it in my 2016 Ford Escape. Since every
Detroit station that used to play 60's music has moved away from the
oldies format having Sirius and the 60's or 6 station fill my need for
music from those years. I plan to keep it but know that the price is
very negotiable. A year ago before I traded in my Taurus I got a year
for $59. I think the normal price is around $195 or so and I would never
pay that much.

I do have a USB drive loaded up with close to 1900 songs so if I get rid
of Sirius I will have a way to listen to my music.

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

.... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

These satellite radio stations are good for people who want to just
hear music and not commercials. There are lots of different channels
with some that just play obscure stuff like all Elvis, all Buffett or
all Grateful Dead. I understand it for folks who are not willing to
figure out the MP3 thing or just don't want to fool with it.

BTW I am sure your truck has ports for a couple kinds of flash media
and if you got the good radio it probably has a hard drive. I am not
sure how big the drive is but the Dodge I rented ate 4 gig and didn't
even bump the "gauge" off of empty.

On 4/25/16 2:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

These satellite radio stations are good for people who want to just
hear music and not commercials. There are lots of different channels
with some that just play obscure stuff like all Elvis, all Buffett or
all Grateful Dead. I understand it for folks who are not willing to
figure out the MP3 thing or just don't want to fool with it.

BTW I am sure your truck has ports for a couple kinds of flash media
and if you got the good radio it probably has a hard drive. I am not
sure how big the drive is but the Dodge I rented ate 4 gig and didn't
even bump the "gauge" off of empty.


Ports it has, but I haven't probed deeply enough to determine if it has
a hard drive. It also has a wireless charging pad for a cell phone and
an AC electric receptacle in the bed.

On Monday, 25 April 2016 17:07:10 UTC-3, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/25/16 2:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

These satellite radio stations are good for people who want to just
hear music and not commercials. There are lots of different channels
with some that just play obscure stuff like all Elvis, all Buffett or
all Grateful Dead. I understand it for folks who are not willing to
figure out the MP3 thing or just don't want to fool with it.

BTW I am sure your truck has ports for a couple kinds of flash media
and if you got the good radio it probably has a hard drive. I am not
sure how big the drive is but the Dodge I rented ate 4 gig and didn't
even bump the "gauge" off of empty.


Ports it has, but I haven't probed deeply enough to determine if it has
a hard drive. It also has a wireless charging pad for a cell phone and
an AC electric receptacle in the bed.

Heard someone talking about those pad cellphone chargers on the telly. Thought they said Apple IPhones don't work on them unless you buy a separate 'case'???

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

DC is a great media market, but the media is full of commercials. I'd rather listen to music without
a commercial every two to three minutes.

If I were you, I'd stick with your little player.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, juvenile name-callers, and narcissists...not guns!

On 4/25/16 4:19 PM, Keine Keyserschei�e wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

DC is a great media market, but the media is full of commercials. I'd rather listen to music without
a commercial every two to three minutes.

If I were you, I'd stick with your little player.
--

The "media" is only full of commercials if you dial up a "commercial"
radio station. I don't. I listen to two non-commercial "classical music"
stations and WAMU for news and intelligent discussions. If I happen to
not like the music selections available on the radio, I simply switch to
the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.

For my bluegrass break this morning, I was listening to Vivaldi's music
for lute and mandolin.