Yes. That is a useful tool...many of my SCADA clients have them for emergencies
On Sep 21, 2017 8:07 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >
