what parts do you carry with you?

[BamaSixGun]

Justa cell phone............

don't foget the cell phone charger mike, very important piece of equipment

 

[DaveBen]

Pricey is the KEY WORD. I was curious what Crumm was using.

Dave

 

[95_stroker]

Crumms sat phone might be company issue, he drives up into the North Slope on a regular haul. Not many phone booths out along that trail.

 

[jvencius]

Crumms sat phone might be company issue, he drives up into the North Slope on a regular haul. Not many phone booths out along that trail.

There probably aren't a lot of cell towers in that neighborhood either...

 

[95_stroker]

There probably aren't a lot of cell towers in that neighborhood either...

thatswhatimeant

 

[RoReRi]

Verrry Verrrry important... I was stranded with a bad CPS and only got out that I was broke down... Then it died... I did have a 115volt charger, but nothing to plug into.
Lucky me, I walked down the road and found a subdivision lighted sign that had an outlet to plug it into. Now talk about luck!!!

RoReRi

 

[Crumm]

Hey Crumm, Whose Satellite Phone? Which brand?

It is a Iridium 9500.

Crumms sat phone might be company issue, he drives up into the North Slope on a regular haul. Not many phone booths out along that trail.

Yep company issue. I only use it for break-downs and emergency's. They are suppose to be the greatest thing but they don't always work. Last week we had a truck wreck on the pass and I tried for a half an hour to make a call but every time I would get connected it would hang up. I was on top of a mountain so the thing should have worked-mad Cell coverage up North ends 26 miles North of here and comes back in about 20 miles from the Arctic ocean. Seems to be a 463 mile hole in the cell coverage in between. Sat phone is better than nothing but not by much. I have probably only made 4 calls in the last year and I have no idea what it costs.

 

[DaveBen]

Thank You Crumm, that is the information I was looking for. The Iridium 9500 seems to be "THE" phone.

Dave

 

[Crumm]

I think the 9500 is out of production. You might still be able to get them in refurbished condition. I think they have went to a little smaller unit. The 9500 is huge.

 

[DaveBen]

I think I read that the 9505 was the smaller unit? I don't know squat about satellite phones.

Dave