[TheList] Scott's trip back in time

Sat Jun 6 11:57:04 AEST 2009

Quote: "Satelite phone would be thew answer there..."

Satellite phones are a good solution if you can afford one. The latest
generation Iridium 9555 units will set you back $3,500 NZ [ not including
call plan or setup fees. ] Of course there is always the older gen Iridium
9500 refurbished units that are more bulky / less batt efficient but are
cheaper @ $1,000 NZ [ not including call plan or setup fees. ] Operating in
the field sat phones aren't always the 'magic bullet' in terms of 100%
reliability, for instance in less than ideal conditions stuck at the bottom
of a ravine or deep gully you probably have one expensive brick in your
hand. My advice is buy a Personal Locator Beacon before buying a satellite
phone.

Quote: "Isn't there a cellphone that also can be used as a satphone full
"dual service".... Anyone know anything about this?"

Optus Satellite in Australia offer a dual band unit for $1,650 AUS. Don't
know if they offer service plans to us Kiwi folks though.

-----Original Message-----
From: thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
[mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz]On Behalf Of ZLScanner
Sent: Saturday, 6 June 2009 11:32
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Subject: Re: [TheList] Scott's trip back in time

Isn't there a cellphone that also can be used as a satphone
full "dual service".... Anyone know anything about this?

At 11:25 6/06/2009, you wrote:
>Satelite phone would be thew answer there...
>
>
>On 6/06/2009 11:17:09 a.m., ZLScanner
>(<mailto:zlscanner at clear.net.nz>zlscanner at clear.net.nz) wrote:
> > But of course if he was in the South Island going tramping, I would hope
> > he had visited
> <http://www.mountainradio.co.nz>www.mountainradio.co.nz and had
> taken a radio with him.
> >
> >
> > >I don't expect either to work in the middle of the bush in the middle
> > >of nowhere - that sort of expectation is what gets trampers etc into
> > trouble!