Friday, Nov 29, 2013 at 08:17
Both have their own weaknesses, saying a sat phone will not work under trees is a bit wrong when you made no reference to what network they were using...... saying that we did have difficulties with our Iridium sat phone dropping of the network when we were in the northern Simpson, this happened mostly when we were between dunes.
We have had times where we have not been able to use the HF for a few days due to atmospheric conditions.
Tim is one the money with his KISS theory, a sat phone is way more easier to use and in an emergency that plays a big part.
There is enough issues with people understanding technology and even using their TV remotes so I could only wonder what these people would be like using a
HF radio under pressure.
99.9% of the worlds
population know how to use a telephone and less than 1% would know how to use a
HF radio.
Calling a HF base outside scheds can be a trying experience with frequency, selcall and base location having to be taken into account..... compared to a sat phone; using HF requires a BIG white board and complex calculations using many different coloured texta's.
We carry sat phone, HF, UHF and a GPS enables PLB, the sat phone gets the most use but the HF is alway on just in case someone close by who we cannot hear needs help.
I would recommend a sat phone any day over a HF anyday.
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