krj wrote in
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Larry,
I incorrectly used the term LEO. Technically LEO satellites are those
between 300 and 800 miles up. Ic sometimes use the term generically to
indicate a satellite not in geo. orbit. I sometimes refer to GPS birds
as low earth orbit, but they are actually a little over 10,000 nm up.
Sorry if I confused you,but Sirus birds are not geo. They are in an
Elliptical Orbit

A satellite in elliptical orbit follows an oval-shaped path. One part of
the orbit is closest to the center of Earth (perigee) and the other part
is farthest away (apogee). A satellite in this orbit takes about 12
hours to circle the planet. Like polar orbits, elliptical orbits move in
a north-south direction.



Hmm...This may explain why the signals to it at Best Buy's store here
sometimes works and sometimes dies. That high elliptical orbit put the
satellite at some serious distance (read that attenuation) when it's "way
out there" at apogee. We have several ham radio satellites with orbits
like these. You can talk to them a long time as they go over the apogee
hump.

Thanks for the info. All I knew about Sirius was it was near bankruptcy
with much-lower-than-expected subscriptions.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=SIRI
It just bleeds money.....even though some keep priming the pump.