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Dear SatelliteGuys Members and Podcast Fans:
Over the past few weeks we have been in discussions to host our own national call in show. Today we did a special "test" show and opened it up to our SatelliteGuys Supporters and Pub Members to help us try things out.
The result is the attached file, our first show.
While we had some bugs at the beginning of the show (Goaliebob lost his connection) the rest of the show went very well, especially for a first time.
We have no idea when we will do this again, but are in talks with two national satellite radio networks (satellite radio networks as in network that broadcast nationwide via satellite, not XM or Sirius) and plan on making the SatelliteGuys Radio show a LIVE national call in show in the future!
We hope you enjoy this special test broadcast / replay of SatelliteGuys Radio
Over the past few weeks we have been in discussions to host our own national call in show. Today we did a special "test" show and opened it up to our SatelliteGuys Supporters and Pub Members to help us try things out.
The result is the attached file, our first show.
While we had some bugs at the beginning of the show (Goaliebob lost his connection) the rest of the show went very well, especially for a first time.
We have no idea when we will do this again, but are in talks with two national satellite radio networks (satellite radio networks as in network that broadcast nationwide via satellite, not XM or Sirius) and plan on making the SatelliteGuys Radio show a LIVE national call in show in the future!
We hope you enjoy this special test broadcast / replay of SatelliteGuys Radio
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Great job, Bob and Scott. Got a little worried when you lost Bob at first but if that was the only bump in the road...
Suggestion on the volume levels- Is it possible for you to preset the limits on the various bumps and sfx you use? While those are fully modulated, Bob's voice is thin and sometimes lost. Always lost when he speaks along with the sfx mix. Scott- Your's is much better than Bob's but still 6-10 db below the VO announcer. As expected, the callers are all over the place but if you guys can preset your levels in the virtual studio and not surprise each other with new settings, the head end, ( I thought that was you Scott on the callin show and on Podcasts it is at Bob's location. ) just need to worry about levels on the callers while live, knowing that your output in the studio is consistent.
Jimbo also had some good suggestions and I would add to that a more frequent mention of the phone number could be worth noting.
Sorry, I was out yesterday and missed the live show. Just heard the mp3 a few minutes ago.
See ya at CES- I'll be arriving Saturday afternoon.
PS- Have not had speed problems with Verizon EVDO internet at CES in the past.
Suggestion on the volume levels- Is it possible for you to preset the limits on the various bumps and sfx you use? While those are fully modulated, Bob's voice is thin and sometimes lost. Always lost when he speaks along with the sfx mix. Scott- Your's is much better than Bob's but still 6-10 db below the VO announcer. As expected, the callers are all over the place but if you guys can preset your levels in the virtual studio and not surprise each other with new settings, the head end, ( I thought that was you Scott on the callin show and on Podcasts it is at Bob's location. ) just need to worry about levels on the callers while live, knowing that your output in the studio is consistent.
Jimbo also had some good suggestions and I would add to that a more frequent mention of the phone number could be worth noting.
Sorry, I was out yesterday and missed the live show. Just heard the mp3 a few minutes ago.
See ya at CES- I'll be arriving Saturday afternoon.
PS- Have not had speed problems with Verizon EVDO internet at CES in the past.
My mic should have been higher, for the recorded promos and intro I have lowered the volume down from 100% down to 70%. I also had my mic down but can turn it up.
Unfortunately I have zero control of the callers volumes (including bobs as he was a caller)
Also next time we do it when I take a call, I will say something like "Hello caller from the 212 area code, you are on the air" this way the callers on hold know who I am talking to.
For this test we had nothing prepaired to talk about it was just a test to see how it all worked, but once we got flowing it jelled together nicely.
Unfortunately I have zero control of the callers volumes (including bobs as he was a caller)
Also next time we do it when I take a call, I will say something like "Hello caller from the 212 area code, you are on the air" this way the callers on hold know who I am talking to.
For this test we had nothing prepaired to talk about it was just a test to see how it all worked, but once we got flowing it jelled together nicely.
Don,
We are both calling a telephone number and that is how our voices are getting on the air. We are not going through a computer, its a phone to phone connection. Thus now adjustments can be made to the audio levels.
More info here...
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We are both calling a telephone number and that is how our voices are getting on the air. We are not going through a computer, its a phone to phone connection. Thus now adjustments can be made to the audio levels.
More info here...
Customer Service | BlogTalkRadio.com
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Was thinking same thing. It should be a good week for sec shorts and roll callThey ought to have fun with this…
My year was almost up and we got the new bill for a year of service for $ 360.00 insane sat radio is becoming like cable!!! i logged into my acct and hopped onto chat and told the rep that i wanted to cancel. she understood my concern and went quiet for a few minutes. i figured that she was canceling my service. she comes back and said that she seen that i have been a sub since 07 and then offers me the same package for a year for 120.00 with taxes and fee's!!! i grabbed it. after almost having a stroke 
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Is That why you keep SXM ???Don't you mean phone sex operators
Mrs. Foxbat reminded me it's that time of the year to do the Cancel Tango
The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
I forgot you can pay that with Ford Pass points, I won't be due again till Feb, but I'll have to remember to try it ... Not sure what needs to be done, but I do have a substantial amount of points currently.Mrs. Foxbat reminded me it's that time of the year to do the Cancel Tango
The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
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when i say cancel. they give the moon and stars!!! iv'e gotten free radios and a free month once since it was my bdayIs That why you keep SXM ???
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America’s Fastest-Growing EV State Isn’t California—Not by a Long Shot
New data shows electric vehicle adoption is increasingly driven by state policies, electricity prices and charging access—not federal incentives
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The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.
It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.
So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.
US EV sales are rising again. Here’s why the recovery is set to last.
Even though sales tanked last year after the end of federal incentives, the American EV sector is on the mend as drivers face sky-high gasoline prices.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Here in Indiana, the difference between Regular and Premium is usually a dollar, but some charge even more:
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Club TWiT: Media Club #3 - Best of Adult Animation: Futurama, Rick and Morty, and Simpsons Classics
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Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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Time for another AWESOME video from BoredAtWork!
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Direct YouTube Link - Alexa Tablet 12 Pro Unboxing!
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