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Old 14-03-2012, 06:02 PM
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I would want to know what satellite system it uses, it may say somewhere on their website but I couldnt be bothered looking that hard. If it uses Thuraya, then forget it, they will find your rotting carcas in a few months, it it uses Iridium (works like a cell phone using a network of moving satellites) that would be better but depending on geography you may still be food for the crows, if it uses something a little more geostationary like the Inmarsat's then you would have almost guaranteed coverage. I work in the aircraft industry and use sats for all kinds of comms, phones especially, this information you will never get from the dealers, they just want your money, and remember, sat signals are extremely weak, a rocky overhang will render any device useless. Good luck.

Dennis.
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