I'm sorry, have to jump in here. With a sat phone, assuming it works, you may get some operator on the phone. With a SSB, assuming you took the time to learn it, you will probably get half the ham community on the other end. That is a group that will go above and beyond.
John KC2-WPS On May 11, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Wally Bryant via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Rebel Heart, the Hans Christian 36 scuttled recently, did an interview on NPR > a few days ago: > <http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/525/transcript> > > It was interesting to hear that the Iridium Satellite phone failed with an > 'Invalid SIM card' message because the distributor providing the cards made a > change and invalidated all the existing SIM cards. > > I've had that happen to me *twice* in the last 18 months, and while they were > very cool and FedExed a new SIM card internationally, it is very > disconcerting. I consider that thing a very important piece of safety gear, > and in fact only have it in case of emergency. I don't think FedEx will > deliver to a boat off shore. > > Wal > > -- > s/v Stella Blue > www.wbryant.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
