Thuraya Sat Phone Quick test

Here the sat is at 45 degrees, I only had one time when standing under a huge Salmon Gum where I had to move. The call come through, but was a bit choppy until I moved.

I could make calls with it on the window when driving at 100Kms. So far impresses. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it is due to it using a geostationary Sat.

Haven't thought of using an earpiece as you do need to stand & hold the phone to your ear with the antenna pointed in the satellite's direction. It is pretty forgiving though but not if you are walking around in my experience.
Better to get a good signal & stay put during the call.
All that said have never had a time when we couldn't make the call. We just change direction of the handset to get the strongest signal on the display & stick to it during the call.
On standby it's not as critical. We just have it turned on in the car, even driving & it will receive a call or worst case advise you of a missed call. Most of the time our's is in the dash top glove box.
For the price I think it's a great phone & network. It hasn't let us down. Which is what you need.
Cheers
Paul
PMK3AUSTRALIA