" but I have serious doubts about the technology. The reason I follow this
company is out of pure amazement at how a "three guys in a garage"
operation can obtain financing on pie-in-the-sky ideas!"
These guys are not your run of the mill managers.. look at Margolese and Briskman
DAVID MARGOLESE. Mr. Margolese has served as the Company's Chairman
since August 1993, as Chief Executive Officer since November 1992 and as a
director since August 1991. Prior to his involvement with the Company,
Mr. Margolese proposed and co-founded Cantel Inc., Canada's national
cellular telephone carrier, and Canadian Telecom Inc., a radio paging company.
He served as a Vice President of Cantel from 1982 to 1984 and as President of
Canadian Telecom from 1980 until its sale in 1987. Cantel was acquired by
Rogers Communications Inc. in 1989.
ROBERT D. BRISKMAN. Mr. Briskman is CD Radio's co-founder and has served as
Executive Vice President, Engineering and Operations and as a director since
October 1991. Mr. Briskman is one of the world's leading satellite engineering
authorities, and has overseen the design, development and launch of numerous
major satellite systems. During his twenty-two year career at COMSAT, he was
responsible for the engineering and implementation of satellite systems for both
COMSAT and various nations (PALAPA, ITALSAT, MORELOS, ARABSAT, CHINASAT, among
others) that contracted with COMSAT for turnkey satellite programs. Mr. Briskman
was one of the early engineers hired at NASA in 1959, and received the APOLLO
Achievement Award for the design and implementation of the Unified S-Band
System. He is a past chairman of the IEEE Standards Board, past president of the
Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society and served on the industry advisory
council to NASA. He is the Telecommunications Editor of McGraw Hill's
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and is a recipient of the IEEE Centennial
Medal.
Besides the blockage of signals, my main question is "how is power
supplied to the antenna in the back window?" Is there a battery, or do I
have to run a wire? If a battery, how long does it last? Does the
antenna transmit continuously, or is there an on-off switch on the
antenna? How many people do you know who would be willing to climb in
the back seat of the car to replace a battery every couple of days?
Solor power and rechargeable battery. |
