# Satellite radio on a non-commercial FM station? What the...?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-radio-on-a-non-commercial-fm-station-what-the/377900>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 25, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-radio-on-a-non-commercial-fm-station-what-the/377900 "2006-10-25T21:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-radio-on-a-non-commercial-fm-station-what-the/377900/21 "2006-10-27T15:23:34Z")

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[QUOTE=neutron star]  
**Airman** works at HIA? Cool. Tell him I said hello from about 10 blocks away from his workplace. Despite minor political differences, he is one of my favorite posters on this board. 🙂  
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Will do. 🙂

**BwanaBob** , I know the area that neutron star is referring to. 88.1 is actually a fairly strong signal there, and it’s consistently strong. This isn’t **neutron star** trying to tune in a weak station from Reading; he’s trying to listen to a station that has a transmitter fairly close to where he is. (IIRC, it’s maybe 10 miles, and it may not even be that far.)

Moreover, as I said upthread, there are all sorts of aftermarket systems for home and auto use that may not be compliant. It sounds like someone’s got something rigged up at his house; the signal cuts in and out at the same location.

Robin

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