Sat Phones

[407 too]

BOY, you must REALLY get confused when fighting forest fires, turn right, no left, drop here, no there, :up:

[Blackmac]

Not being a Sat Phone eficionado, I was wondering if they were equipped with GPS as some cell phones are???????

 

Don

[Skidz]

Not being a Sat Phone eficionado, I was wondering if they were equipped with GPS as some cell phones are???????

 

Don

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I had a Thuraya phone while working in Algeria last summer. It had basic GPS functionality (current position, pre-programmable waypoints, etc.). The one I had also had a GSM SIM and could auto-detect the presence of a GSM network and would use that (at GSM rates) rather than the expansive satellite link whenever possible.

 

I assume some of the Iridium handsets would have those features as well...

[NG Limited]

Oh ..and NG Limited, I tink ya bilt yur hanger on MY LAND eh ! I'm fill'in a land claim, eh?

 

LAND CLAIM!! Here come the road blocks again!

I guess I will just have to park one of the Astars at home.

Considering that the various bands are claiming well over 100% of the province, I probably won't be safe there either.