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Quick update on satphones from Globalstar and Iridium, with some advice on buying and using.
[Bluewater Books & Charts, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA]
Each year the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers asks its participants to evaluate (Reliability, User Friendliness, Value) various pieces of equipment. 7 boats evaluated one model of Inmarsat equipment. 75 evaluated four models of Iridium gear. And 10 evaluated 2 Mini M systems.
[Yachting World, London, UK]
Quick comparison of the - count them - twenty-two different satellite services currently out there.
[Andreas van Hooijdonk, USA]
[Vendor]
Standard C satellite transceiver with GMDSS and optional GPS receiver. Works with a DOS-based computer.
[Sea Inc., Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA]
Several sizes of stabilized satellite television receivers bring in hundreds of channels in US and Europe. Has won the National Marine Electronics Association′s Best Product Award for the past five years in a row.
[KVH Industries, Inc., Middletown, RI, USA]
Stabilized antennas and communications electronics for voice and data communications for smaller vessels. Uses Inmarsat Fleet satellite platform.
[Nera ASA, Bergen, Norway]
SatCom unit incorporates the SIM card slot, an interface for a standard DTMF telephone extension, fax and a PC port for data transmission.
[Simrad, Kongsberg, Norway]
Stabilized high-speed internet satellite transceivers. Speeds from basic text messaging and e-mail up to two-way video conferencing and broadband downloads.
[KVH Industries, Inc., Middletown, RI, USA]
Satellite handheld and fixed phone systems for voice and data. Covers most of the northern hemisphere and some of the southern.
[Globalstar, USA]
PC software interface to optimize the download of weather products via wireless connections from an OCENS server which collects weather information from the internet.
[OCENS, Seattle, WA, USA]
Today′s cruiser has so many communications options available that it′s easy to be overwhelmed with the choices.
Milt Baker
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