Claims
- 1. A radio comprising:at least one antenna receiving radio station signals; at least one tuner that tunes the radio to a selected radio station signal received by the at least one antenna; a user interface that outputs a radio station select signal that selects the radio station signal to be tuned; a frequency determination system responsive to the radio station select signal from the user interface, said frequency determination system generating a coded signal identifying the selected station; and a frequency generator receiving the coded signal from the frequency determination system and outputting a unique frequency signal based on the coded signal, said radio transmitting the unique frequency signal to be received by a receiver.
- 2. The radio according to claim 1 wherein the at least one antenna includes an AM receive antenna, an FM receive antenna, and a satellite receive/transmit antenna, and the at least one tuner includes an AM tuner, an FM tuner, and a satellite tuner, said user interface providing the radio station select signal to each of the AM tuner, the FM tuner and the satellite tuner.
- 3. The radio according to claim 1 wherein the at least one antenna is a satellite receive/transmit antenna and the at least one tuner is a satellite tuner, said receive/transmit antenna receiving satellite signals from the satellite that are tuned by the satellite tuner, and said receive/transmit antenna receiving the frequency signals from the frequency generator for transmission.
- 4. The radio according to claim 1 wherein the radio continually transmits the unique frequency signal, and maintains transmitting the unique frequency signal as long as the radio is on.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application of Ser. No. 09/095,215, filed Jun. 10, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,219,524.
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