Satellite radio is one of the biggest improvements in broadcasting since the introduction of FM, and we will look into this exciting technology in this article
Satellite radio is an exciting new development in broadcast technology. The radio signal can be transmitted for over 35km and still maintain high quality sound. No static intereference is experience by listening to more than one hundred channels.
The services that provide the satellite radio services have digital broadcasting centers that store huge amounts of digital data and music, as well as in CD format as well. The radio programmers select the songs to be played and choose the times that they will be played.
Some studios are even controlled by radio companies, where artists come in and perform live. The songs are then broadcast to satellites in a digital format, ensuring that the sound is of a very high quality.
The transmitted signal is encoded by the satellites and then sent to repeater antennes and then on to the radio receiver, which decodes the signal and outputs the music. This is a very quick and simple process, with digital compression technology at the core of the system. Without digital compression, it would not be possible.
Digital compression is a process here by material is compressed as much as possible with the quantity of bandwidth available on the channel. Also, approprite radio equipment is needed in order for the sounds to be compressed and then decoded for an output of music. Traditional radios are not able to decode signals received from satellites, so special digital equipment is needed.






