Understanding SiriusXM Radio ๐ก
Learn how SiriusXM combines satellites and terrestrial repeaters to deliver high-quality satellite radio service.

Rohde & Schwarz
2.5K views โข Jun 16, 2025

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SiriusXM radio is widely referred to as โsatellite radioโ but in fact it uses a combination of both satellites and terrestrial repeaters to deliver high-quality audio programming to most of North America. This video provides a brief technical introduction to the SiriusXM radio system and its most important characteristics
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 About SiriusXM Radio
01:32 SiriusXM system overview
02:03 About satellites
03:28 About terrestrial repeaters
04:27 Signal reception scenarios
05:24 Frequencies and channels
06:26 Testing SiriusXM Radio receivers
07:43 Summary
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 About SiriusXM Radio
01:32 SiriusXM system overview
02:03 About satellites
03:28 About terrestrial repeaters
04:27 Signal reception scenarios
05:24 Frequencies and channels
06:26 Testing SiriusXM Radio receivers
07:43 Summary
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Duration
9:38
Published
Jun 16, 2025
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