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My experience re Ham and sat phone..Just this past Nov, my husband was crew on the way to Bermuda, they had literally lost the rudder and had to be airlifted off to safety. Before the rescue, the only means of communication was on the ham radio., the sat phone did not work. IN fact that is how they arranged the rescue by contacting people at home who then put plans into motion. Also back in 03 about 160 miles of Bermuda we were on a boat that was dismasted , we saved enough to act as an aerial for the ham radio... at that distance out of Bermuda, the ham was the only means of communication. Friends at home stood by all night on the radio in case they had to relay a message for help etc.
We will use our Kenwood TS50 and an SGC Tuner, along with a Pactor 111 and the Winlink service which is offered for free.
carib2008
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