Portable Satellite Radios

[coolingfin]

Anyone riding with a portable satellite radio like a Poineer XMP3 ...how's the reception while riding with these little units... can you just put it in your pocket or does it need to be mounted in the open?
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-btAceoj5Tz3/learn/learningcenter/car/satellite/portables.html

[sfarson]

I asked about this, liking the option of just sticking the inexpensive thing in a pocket, but wasn't given confidence the reception would be consistent.  Ended up just buying a Zumo GPS with the XM antenna, connecting it to a handlebar mount.

There is a "workaround" however.  Believe you can buy a portable XM radio/receiver and store hours of reception (like at home at night), then just listen to the stored content while you ride with the radio your pocket.  No need for reception.

[coolingfin]

That a pretty good work around... and it looks like the XMP3 can record five channels at once or play back MP3 files... not a bad sound system for $200...