One of the XM Satellites out today?

[K.C.]

In case anyone was wondering (because I was), the reason for the shitty reception today appears to be because one of the satellites is down.

I was driving home and getting really spotty reception. I started getting a little panicky because I dropped my Inno last night and thought it might be broken.

But apparently one of the satellites is down right now, which is why if you look at the reception on the units, there's no Terrestrial bars in a lot of the country.

I'm getting perfect reception from at home in the home dock, but it's all satellite...the terrestrial feed, which is linked to one of the other satellites is down. Might also explain why Earl was having pad data problems early in the show, too.

I wonder how many other people have had this problem...if it's nationwide or just isolated spots. Anyway, long story short, today is the day for online listening, probably.

[DonInNC]

lots of problems in my car. OK at home, although I spent a lot of time aiming the antenna yesterday.

[Tenbatsuzen]

So are the PAC in cahoots with Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Millbarge?

[Recyclerz]

I'm in midtown Manhattan & I'm getting the no signal message (on a MyFi unit).

[flipper21]

Yes, I too was wondering what was up. I had shitty reception all morning on both the motorcycle and in the truck. I actually pulled over and checked that the antenna wasn't dangling of the side of the truck. Thanks for the info.

[cupcakelove]

I usually get crappy reception from the satellite, but decent reception from the repeaters in my office. I am getting zero from both right now. I wonder whats going on.

[K.C.]

I actually almost started taking my Inno apart to see if the antenna was busted.

Looking on XM411 just a few minutes ago, it's pretty widespread. I hope it doesn't last too long, because the only place I'm getting perfect reception right now is at home.

In the car, or handheld is very weak right now.

At home you can aim the antenna to get the perfect satellite reception, which is the only way it's working right now...if it lasts all day, maybe I'll give XM a call to see what's up and whether it'll take a while for them to fix the satellite that's down.

...not that anyone in their customer service would actually know the answer. Maybe they'll give me some free service, though.

[Midkiff]

XM can only afford one satellite today due to all the cancellations.

[Earlshog]

I knew professor anthony was tech savvy... but this goes above and beyond

[AgnosticJihad]

That explains it. My signal kept cutting out like it does during a really bad storm, but there's not a cloud in the sky.

[deliciousbabies]

Yeah, i am in lower manhattan and am getting the "no signa." i was releived to see this thread... i just moved to a different floor and thought that was the problem

[danosu85]

Here is the only info i could find about the satalite being down. opednews.com (http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_john_r_m_070521_xm_satellite_down_3f.htm)

[reillyluck]

see its a conspiracy!!!! they shut down the satalite thats hangs over paltalk!!!!!!!!

[AKA]

Ok...glad it wasn't just my XM.

I always look forward to the drive from Job 1 to Job 2; today's was very frustrating.

[danosu85]

They need to turn back on the origanal Satalites.

[deliciousbabies]

I hope it is just a software update...
If it is really a degenerative problem with the satellites, people on the fence about cancelling will definitely be doing it now.

[Midkiff]

Fuckin' cosmic karma. Eat that shit, XM. Eat that shit and die!!!

[angrymissy]

Past 2 days I've been getting shitty reception in my car, glad there is a cause, I was going crazy thinking my car's antenna was busted

[BoondockSaint]

I saw Al Sharpton throwing rocks at it the other day.

[Furtherman]

Giant solar flares are scorching the satellites. The will reach earth in 5 minutes.

Get inside.

[bobbylucci]

I was thnking the pests got to the satellites...

good to know it's not my antenna!

[Earlshog]

Giant solar flares are scorching the satellites. The will reach earth in 5 minutes.

Get inside.

maybe the Argo ran into it

[K.C.]

One thing this experience has taught me, though, is that I could probably never cancel my XM.

This has been a trying experience...just goes to show they own my soul now.

[Furtherman]

Giant solar flares are scorching the satellites. The will reach earth in 5 minutes.

Get inside.

maybe the Argo ran into it


:thumbup:

[jonnyAK]

maybe the Argo ran into it

At least I'm getting to hear the Mighty Horse online!

[roefmLI]

Bad reception out on Long Island. I thought maybe it was because I cancelled one of my accts. with XM.

[LordJezo]

Well at least I know the cause now. I was driving around NJ at lunch and was ready to toss my unit out, I thought my antenna was busted again. I was wiggling wires around and moving my antenna placement.

This stinks.

[Midkiff]

This picture was taken of the satellite crash:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/img/space/satellite101005.jpg

[bobrobot]

Did somebody accidentally bump one of the satellight-switches???

http://marshallbrain.com/gif/light-switch.jpg

[AngelAmy]

i had no signal what so ever at home and spotty reception while driving

[lleeder]

I thought something was wrong with my antenna. I was ready to flush my Mifi down the toilet, fuck my mother and buy an Inno.

[Midkiff]

I was ready to fuck my mother.

HOT.

Why stop? I would say go ahead and fuck her, Inno or not.

[derrickgott007]

I thought "Man these trees are killing my XM today!" and now I read this... guess thats why most the time when I was changing channels it kept saying LOADING.

[Chimee]

Mine just says "No Signal" and at first I thought it was just the trees because I've had that problem before, but no matter what I did I wouldn't get any signal at all. Then, I take my Inno off the dock and walk outside, full signal and perfect reception, but then my other Inno wouldn't work outside and my car unit doesn't work at all.

[hunnerbun]

I was fine when I was at home listening online but when I got in my truck to go for a drive the reception sucked...glad to know what was causing it!

[Doogie]

They need to turn back on the origanal Satalites.

Do you mean this one:

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/sputnik-1.jpg

Or this one:

http://www.scifi.com/freezone/mst3000/10_satellite.jpg

[spankyfrank]

Yea im in upper New York and I have hardly any reception on my home dock ( I have a Inno ) Damn russian cosmonauts

[Dan 'Hampton]

I had to set up another stereo in my house and attach the xm on that because I was getting nothing out the side window with a partial tree obstruction. Worked fine after that, guess I was aimed at the working satt.

[kdubya]

Is anyone else having problems with their XM reception?

I drive the same stretch of road every day to and from work and never have a problem with recepetion. Today it seem to cut out every 50 yards.

[Fezticle98]

Yes.

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=60143

[midwestjeff]

satellites gone
up to the sky
things like that drive
me out of my mind

[FUNKMAN]

i experienced this bad reception you speak of

[PapaBear]

I've only heard about 10 or 15 minutes of today's show, but it was loud and clear.

[Chigworthy]

Here in N. California, where I get no terrestrial signal, its been getting slowly worse all day. Now at home, and I can't get a decent signal, and the damn thing even reverted to channel 1, making me think my account was for shit. Lately, I haven't been gushing about how cool XM is to my friends and family. Yuck.

[Gvac]

This makes me glad I canceled.

[JayT]

Am in Chicago and had HORRIBLE problems. I guess you don't know how much we rely on the receivers (terrestrial) when listening to satelite. 'you don't know what you got till its gone. I was thinking today that is the reason that Sirius receivers are so big - no terrestrial??

Does Ron and Fez have any fans outside the NY area? One guy from LA, and me -

I suppose that's why the show is hard to listen to when all they do is talk about NY...


JayT

[Tall_James]

Was this the satellite that the Hulk destroyed en route to "Planet Hulk"?

I have to stop buying comic books.

[tobyswim]

I almost threw my xm radio out over the tappan zee bridge today. All could was other word. Almost had to take a nerve pill.... cmon XM get with the program.

[PapaBear]

cmon XM get with the program.
Things do break, you know.

[reeshy]

That's why I always listen to the WMCA Good Guys!!!!!!!

[Fallon]

My signal was fine at work, now that I'm home.. nothing!

5/21 Service Degradation

You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full signal strength will be restored by early Tuesday morning.

[K.C.]

Am in Chicago and had HORRIBLE problems. I guess you don't know how much we rely on the receivers (terrestrial) when listening to satelite. 'you don't know what you got till its gone. I was thinking today that is the reason that Sirius receivers are so big - no terrestrial??


The way I understand it, it wasn't the terrestrial repeaters that were the problem, it was the satellite that relays to them that was acting up so there was no signal to repeat.

Pretty much everyone relies heavily on the terrestrial repeaters except for people just way out in the middle of the country in huge open space areas, so it's not just in your area.


As for Sirius, their coverage sucks because of their lack of them. I've driven cars with Sirius in it, and on an average day I can drive the same route with one of each service. With XM, I rarely ever pick up a dead spot anywhere (except for today of course)...Sirius, I pick up several dead spots on the same roads.

[PapaBear]

I wonder if this is what caused the PAD data problems today. I'd hate for NortonRules to come in here and start bitching about Earl again.

[K.C.]

I was fine when I was at home listening online but when I got in my truck to go for a drive the reception sucked...glad to know what was causing it!

yeah, as far as I know, the online shouldn't be affected by anything. Pretty sure it works on the exact same tech as 92.3 or any other streaming online radio.

That's the way to go, if you're at home, until they get it fixed.

[Cunty McSlut]

This picture was taken of the satellite crash:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/img/space/satellite101005.jpg

OMG, is that real???

[Midkiff]

No.

[TonyRoma]

Satellite of love my ASS!!

[Chigworthy]

I just found out that people from Chicago can't read so good.

[Fallon]

I have my inno set to record RnF at midnight. It just started recording. Must have a signal now.

[jr ass]

I'm in AZ and the reception still is worthless at 10:00 Pacific Time. I kinda hope it stinks for about 20 more days so I can get a free month of Ron&Fez-stavaganza! Also, I wanna get East Side to come out here - I'll bet he turns into a giant Cheeto. What a recessive-gened-dick.

[burk]

Im in chicago and had terrible reception all day. Even now 12:15am central time its worthless. I called XM earlier to see what was going on and it seems they have out-sourced their tech support call centers and they couldn't help me from india. If it's not back by R&F time tomorrow XM is going to get another angry phone call!

[led37zep]

My signal was fine at work, now that I'm home.. nothing!

5/21 Service Degradation

You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full signal strength will be restored by early Tuesday morning.


I was trying to figure why I was losing signal today while driving to work. Living in LA my signal is pretty clear (except for the rare think grove of trees). Today I dropped signal 6 times during my 30 minutes commute to work.

[PapaBear]

Still no signal problems here. And we don't have earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes either.

[weekapaugjz]

Still no signal problems here. And we don't have earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes either.

but you also live next to west virginia

[PapaBear]

but you also live next to west virginia
That's OK. Anytime I feel down about myself, I can just drive 10 miles up the road. I feel great after that.

[danosu85]

I found this Reuters article (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2136807020070522?feedType=RSS&rpc=22)about the XM outage. Its a short article but it does mention that XM's lineup includes shock jocks Opie and Anthony.

[tele7]

I found this Reuters article (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2136807020070522?feedType=RSS&rpc=22)about the XM outage. Its a short article but it does mention that XM's lineup includes shock jocks Opie and Anthony.

Chance Patterson. Why can't I have a name like that?

[Reynolds]

Myfi didn't record the show today, thought it was the radio, thanks for the heads up. Anyone ever had their myfi skip, and play the same couple of seconds for like 2 minutes straight? Mine does that sometimes on recorded shows.

[PapaBear]

Anyone ever had their myfi skip, and play the same couple of seconds for like 2 minutes straight? Mine does that sometimes on recorded shows.
Absolutely! It's freaky as shit. Every time it repeats, it goes a little further. It's a good replacement for drugs.

[sailor]

You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance (http://links.email.xmradio.com/servlet/MailView?ms=ODY4MzY4S0&r=Njg2MzkyNDA1OQS2&j=Mjg0MTgwNjgS1&mt=1) with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full signal strength will be restored by early Tuesday morning.

and buffalo's throwing stones at west virginia? fuck that shit.

[sailor]

My signal was fine at work, now that I'm home.. nothing!

5/21 Service Degradation

You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full signal strength will be restored by early Tuesday morning.


dammit, searched thru here and thought no one had posted that. dammit it all to hell!

[MM2]

My signal was fine at work, now that I'm home.. nothing!

5/21 Service Degradation

You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full signal strength will be restored by early Tuesday morning.


I've still got no signal at work and they block streaming audio! Early Tuesday morning? What constitutes early? This sucks the big one!

[cupcakelove]

I've still got no signal at work and they block streaming audio! Early Tuesday morning? What constitutes early? This sucks the big one!

I don't think the online stream is blocked, I am listening to it as I type this.

[ralphbxny]

Xm Stinks And I Dont Like Them!!!

[MM2]

I don't think the online stream is blocked, I am listening to it as I type this.

Sorry, when I said they I meant my work. They block any streaming audio, so I can't listen to the stream at work.

[cupcakelove]

Sorry, what I said they I meant my work. They block any streaming audio, so I can't listen to the stream at work.

Oh ok, you really scared me for a second. I'm sure a few more days of me listening online and my work will block it again.

[deliciousbabies]

This is really annoying.. I record the show everyday and listen on the train to and fro work... i had to use my ipod yesterday... It wasn't a bad change of pace but i couldn't do it everyday. Luckily the best ofs weren't running yesterday so i could record it when i got home... okay thats it for now.

[Chigworthy]

fuck that shit.
You deal with me now.

Yeah, this pollen-infested California morning brings a complete lack of XM signal. Wasn't it supposed to be fixed early this morning?

[BoondockSaint]

The thing on the XM website now says it will be fixed around midday.

[kdubya]

I called XM, they told me they don't have a firm timeline of when the problem will be fixed. I was also told once the porblem is fixed they will credit accounts for the time service was interupted.

[banditorico]

kdubya, thanks for the update. I read some post from XMFan.com this morning, people are still having problems in various parts of the country.

[burrben]

this explains everything

[kdubya]

XM sure is having problems, all the people cancelling after the O and A thing and now this mess. Once they give everyone the refund for the service interuption and the loss from O and A they have to be looking at a loss in the millions. Even if the refund is only 2 days that woud be a refund of $.89. That multiplied by all the subscribers adds up fast.

Makes you wonder if karma does exist.

[Death Metal Moe]

The thing on the XM website now says it will be fixed around midday.

Why believe them? They've pushed back their own fixed by date a couple times now.

They all just fucking lie. No one cares anymore. Go to some company's website and it's all lies to keep you paying. CAll them a they just shuttle you off the phone.

[Recyclerz]

11:33 AM and I'm getting a decent signal (with a few short drop outs) in midtown Manhattan.

[cupcakelove]

Just started getting a strong signal from the repeaters. Thank God!

edit: Now I'm getting a crappy satellite signal, looks like things are back to normal.

[MM2]

I'm still getting no signal :(

[epo]

About 5 minutes ago I went from nothing to a full three bars on my MyFi. Woo hoo.

[deliciousbabies]

yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

[Death Metal Moe]

yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/02/18/Howard_Dean_narrowweb__200x233.jpg

?

[cupcakelove]

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/02/18/Howard_Dean_narrowweb__200x233.jpg

?

Howard Dean fixed the satellite! Is there anything he can't do?

[deliciousbabies]

I feel very strongly about getting my recetion back

[empulse]

Heres what happened:

XM Satellite Radio's XM-3 satellite experienced some type of in-orbit difficulty Monday that caused service outages for an unknown amount of customers. In order for the problem to be fixed, XM had to perform a software upgrade on the satellite, which required the unit to be re-oriented to be corrected.

According to Wedbush Morgan's William Kidd, who confirmed the problem with XM, the process of re-orienting the satellite required it to stop broadcasting. The analyst said listeners may have been without service for at least a couple hours, and that the company's call centers are believed to have been "overloaded" with inquiries.

Kidd said XM-3 is an east coast-centric satellite that also serves the company's repeater network. Because of this, he said, "the absence of XM-3's signal is causing many of XM's subscribers to be without service.

The Wedbush Morgan statement issued by Kidd said XM believes the issue is resolved and that the satellite should be broadcasting again soon. The analyst said that until XM-3 is back up and running, "there exists a very low probability of a very large problem."

As of press time, XM had failed to issue a statement on its website about the problem and did not return SkyREPORT's attempts at obtaining comment.

[TheRealEddie]

Hmm, on Monday I found that I got no terrestrial signal on the drive home but satellite coverage was ok. I guess the sat problem messed up the terrestrial repeaters...

-e