[pskmail] Re: PSKmailservers in the Pacific
- From: "Robert J. Krasowski" <rkrasowski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:44:50 -0400
Iridium has global coverage, including south and north pole, EPIRb works
globally as well. Inmarsat has limitations in high lattitudes, so has no
coverage over the poles. Thuraya covers Europe, Asia, Australia.
Do not forget Globstar that is cheap to use but will not work in the middle of
Indian and Pacific Oceans. And sometimes you have to wait for satellite 30 min.
The same apply to SPOT, that use Globalstar satellite network.
Making long story short the only GLOBAL satellite phone system is Iridium.
Robert
KB2PNM
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 28, 2012, at 11:38 AM, John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes Demetre it seems that we feel lost if we loose that "umbilical cord".
>
> EPIRB works "down-under" and as far as Sat phones are concerned there are
> three providers I know of: Immarsat, Iridium and Thyrana with various degrees
> of geographical coverage and sky visibility constraints.
>
> I have read that new satellites have been added in the past few years to
> fill-in the missing areas.
>
> All the best,
>
> 73, John
>
> He he he John,
>
> Christopher Colombus was a brave man, unlike all of us today! Seems
> that we can't be without our mobile phones anywhere we go today! Hi hi
> hi!
>
> Take care!
>
> P.S. Out of couriosity, does IRIDIUM phones and EPIRB devices work in
> the Southern Hemisphere? I remember many years ago people used to say
> that in the South Seas you couldn't use a SATPHONE. Is this still
> true, or has it changed?
>
> --
> 73 de SV1UY
> Demetre Ch. Valaris
> e-mail: demetre.sv1uy@xxxxxxxxx
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> http://www.qsl.net/sv1uy
>
>
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