In a massive disaster or humanitarian relief situation, a satellite phone is also a useful thing for an organization's emergency kit. An Iridium handheld is not dependent on anything local to function and requires a lot less power than a ham radio setup (can be charged from a 10W to 20W sized folding solar panel, by USB interface). The LEO satellite-to-satellite ka band trunk network architecture of Iridium is not dependent on anything in your region functioning except your phone.
On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Two years ago I addressed the amateur radio networks exclusion from First > Net vision. Ham radio and short wave is being used in Puerto Rico right > now as cellular networks are mostly down. > > On Sep 21, 2017 7:44 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Short wave radio is used in Puerto Rico >> >> >> https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/09/arecibo- >> hurricane-maria/540600/?google_editors_picks=true >> >
