Overland Wired - Communications from the Field
by indigoprime on Apr 23, 2010
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An image rich presentation I gave at the 2010 Overland Expo. It focuses on how to stay in touch when making an extended international overland trip.
An image rich presentation I gave at the 2010 Overland Expo. It focuses on how to stay in touch when making an extended international overland trip.
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in the context of an extended overland trip
- tired, busy (camp, navigation, foreign)
some overlap
Talk to provider to
Data, all digital
blank areas - you need sat phones
usually locked, subsidy
can’t easily get a replacement
buy a local sim
Thuraya offers coverage based over the middle-east and Africa, and is expanding to cover more of Asia.
pitiful data rates (2.4 kbps)
IC-2200H $170 new
PMR446 (in Europe) and FRS/GMRS (in North America) - cheap, presents, no problem if lost or damaged
could be confiscated
forget about CBs
HF and antennas - not practical due to workload
- keyloggers, etc. use your own machine.
use local provider sim if possible
or buy roaming data in advance
hugely expensive if you’re not careful
ideal if you need comms
voip service provided
rent vs buy