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saltbranch · Horse Mullet Joined: 20 Jan 2010 Posts: 118

Looking for info on these if anyone uses them. My main use would be for offshore and down on PINS. It would be more of an emergency use or a check in once a day type thing when out.
Do they work in these areas? Any recommendations on a brand or service plan?
Thx

Drake · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 8:38 pm Post subject: Sat phone

Yes they work in those locations. The handsets and the per minute charges are EXPENSIVE.

Have you looked at a SPOT? Go talk to the guys at West Marine. They seem to know the products and offer about all of them.

saltbranch · Horse Mullet Joined: 20 Jan 2010 Posts: 118

Never heard of a SPOT. I will be googling that one too
Thx

Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974

Iridium sat phones come with a positive recommendation from the guys around here...
becky
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TroutSlayer · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 432

The problem with a sat phone is the terrible way they do minutes, which are expensive. They last a year then expire and you have to buy minimums which the last time I looked were at about $400.So if you want an all else fails coms that you may use only a couple minutes it is too expensive.
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txscrambler · Horse Mullet Joined: 12 May 2012 Posts: 144

We have one that we use offshore and down PINS. It is the iridium. It works great but like people say you have to buy minutes every year. We have so many roll over minutes that we actually try to burn through them every now and then. I'll put out baits and get the fire going, crack a beer, then call home and catch up with the family to see how their day went. It used to be a "hey guys all good down here" kinda call then hang up. Our new one has an antenna that you can stick on top of the truck like the old nokia cell phones had. This makes it nice because you can close yourself in the truck out of the wind to talk.

Anyways I hope that helps.

Mason · Horse Mullet Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 102

I dont know if it would work offshore, but I have a cell phone booster I put in my truck. Works awesome on land. Wilson electronics, think they run in the $300-400 range.
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FoldCatOne · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:16 pm Post subject:

Less costly and more fun to just get your ham radio license.
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