I learned something on my most recent AK hunting trip regarding satelite phones. We rented an Iridium and we had lots of trouble with the phone. One of my companions was a communications expert and he related to me that the satelites are in geosynchronous orbits. That means they work best when closer to the equator and performance deteriorates the further north or south the phones go. This is specially pronounced when extremely far north or south. We were hunting above the Arctic Circle and he said that the angle from our sat phone to the satelite was getting close to our visual horizon and that was reducing performance.

KC


Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.