Thread: Iridium Go

Originally Posted by Fluids

Here's a copy of a post I put up on myswag.org a couple of weeks ago ... FYI.


Last trip away to keep in touch with work we would use the iPhone as a hotspot, but in some area's there's not enough signal for that to be a viable option ... so we added a 4G WiFi modem with an external 7db antenna mounted ontop of a 7m telescopic fibreglass mast (packs down to just under 2m) ... in fringe area's where there's little or no signal for the handset we get 1-3 bars of 3G service on the wifi modem ... the phone is on a 10gig monthly plan ($60/month) and the 4G Wifi Modem is on a 24month expiry pre-paid $140/16GB. In many places we stopped where others around us had no service we did with the mast setup.

Cheers

That's pretty much the route i have taken with a slightly smaller mast which will go on top of the rangie when needed and should reach around 5m

Steve

87County
Not sure if you have made a move yet but i pulled the trigger on
The thuraya satsleeve hotspot with Optus $15/m casual plan.
I went the hotspot for two reasons, the sleeve won't fit with a life proof case and the hot spot easily lets multiple users use sat Comms

It is a neat unit and worked flawlessly with the iPhone 6s
Gets full sat signal (Cooktown) in less than a minute and the wifi connection is strong
Easy 30m

The thuraya app is pure simple
Means I can access contacts and write sms easily

I've used near all flavours of older school sayts and they generally suck to type sms with!

Pretty neat set up and was simple to arrange

S