Worldspace Satellite Radio Receiver

The hitachi worldspace kh ws1 digital satellite radio also includes a standard fm mw and shortwave tuner.

Worldspace satellite radio receiver. The two operational satellites that the company had afristar and asiastar are now being used by their new owner the yazmi usa llc run by worldspace s former ceo noah a. Trrs 0015 grundig satellite 800 portable receiver review duration. For more information on satellite radio and related topics check out the links on the next page. I am an old user of worldspace radio receiver and adpter cards since 2000.

A one time satellite receiver installation cost of rs. The receivers use the proprietary starman chipset manufactured by stmicroelectronics to receive digital signals from the satellites. Worldspace did subsidise the first 40 000 receivers in the uk. There are no bandwidth specifications on the receiver or the worldspace marketing literature but from what i could research on the net it could vary between 16kbps and 128kbps bitstream depending on the broadcast station setup.

Worldspace corporation granted worldspace foundation exclusive access to 5 of the capacity on all of the satellites of the worldspace system. 2499 plus a subscription cost of 1800 per year comes to rs 5 a day. A few years ago the worldspace radio signals died. It was profitable in india with 450 000 subscribers.

I got my hitachi worldspace set when they were being sold for 100 at the time the cheapest dab receiver was 300. Please fill the form alongside we ll get back to you soon. Interested in subscribing to worldspace satellite radio. In addition to the satellite worldspace programming it receives terrestrial am fm and sw broadcasts.

Hitachi worldspace kh ws1 satellite fm mw sw radio review duration. Special radio receivers follow this link to learn more are required to capture the satellite signal. Hitachi kh ws1 worldspace radio receiver listen to over 40 channels of crystal clear fade free digital audio programming direct from geostationary satellites around the world with the hitachi worldspace digital receiver. Now that the satellites are no longer in service.

Now i have 10 worldspace radio receivers and all cannot be used. 1worldspace known for most of its existence simply as worldspace is a defunct satellite radio network that in its heyday provided service to over 170 000 subscribers in eastern southern and northern africa the middle east and much of asia with 96 coming from india. When i got my.