Satellite Phone

carolinarider09

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Newberry, SC

Satellite Phone

« on: December 26, 2022, 02:58:42 PM »

I was watching an interview about how to prepare for the weather we just had. One thing the gentlemen said (ex military) was that you should have a satellite phone in the case of loss of communication.

So, I did a quick search and found that Garmin sells them but, they are sort of tiny and have very short antennas. All the SAT Phones I have seen on TV had substantial antennas.

So the question is, does anyone have a SAT Phone they would recommend for emergency use or does anyone have a recommendation based on personal experience.

Thanks.


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scooperhsd

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Kansas City KS

Re: Satellite Phone

« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2022, 03:31:29 PM »

As in all things cell phone, it's not just the phone, it's the carrier that's really important.


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Serk

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Re: Satellite Phone

« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2022, 04:17:35 PM »

As much as I despise Apple and long for the day their evil empire is ended, the iPhone 14 has a built in "Satellite SOS" feature:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213426


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hubcapsc

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Re: Satellite Phone

« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2022, 04:58:11 PM »

Quote from: Serk on December 26, 2022, 04:17:35 PM

As much as I despise Apple and long for the day their evil empire is ended, the iPhone 14 has a built in "Satellite SOS" feature:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213426

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-iphone-14-satellite-emergency-sos-is-live-youll-hopefully-never-use-it-11668517349?st=rhm6v8wfw28001q&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink


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