It sounds like they had SSB; the radio got damaged by seawater. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
On May 11, 2014, at 5:40 PM, John Pennie via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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
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