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<blockquote data-quote="davemurgtroyd" data-source="post: 796192" data-attributes="member: 319227"><p>Worldspace radio broadcast from satellite in the L band and was easily receivable with portable and mobile receivers in cars etc - similar to the Sirius and XM satellite radio services in the United States which work in the S band. In the L band directionality of the aerial (not a dish) was nowhere near as precise as the Ku bands etc that most people consider as satellite receiving and reception was easily possible across most of Europe, Africa and the Middle East from one satellite with a further satellite covering Asia and the Pacific and a proposed one to cover the Americas. I have a portable WorldSpace radio and the aerial merely had to be within 20 or 30 degrees of alignment. I have just tried my receiver and can confirm that broadcasts have now disappeared. The WorldSpace brand name has been acquired by Vodafone and is now being used by them for radio by mobile phone in India.</p><p></p><p>Sadly it would appear that there is no easy replacement for this service across Africa with mobile reception.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davemurgtroyd, post: 796192, member: 319227"] Worldspace radio broadcast from satellite in the L band and was easily receivable with portable and mobile receivers in cars etc - similar to the Sirius and XM satellite radio services in the United States which work in the S band. In the L band directionality of the aerial (not a dish) was nowhere near as precise as the Ku bands etc that most people consider as satellite receiving and reception was easily possible across most of Europe, Africa and the Middle East from one satellite with a further satellite covering Asia and the Pacific and a proposed one to cover the Americas. I have a portable WorldSpace radio and the aerial merely had to be within 20 or 30 degrees of alignment. I have just tried my receiver and can confirm that broadcasts have now disappeared. The WorldSpace brand name has been acquired by Vodafone and is now being used by them for radio by mobile phone in India. Sadly it would appear that there is no easy replacement for this service across Africa with mobile reception. [/QUOTE]
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