Iridium doesn't have a non military version of this service so the GlobalStar product is the only game in town for the commercial market. I highly recommend Spot Messenger. It's a revolutionary application for John Q Citizen and is literally a life saver. Throw one of these in your wife's' glove box when she goes over the river and through the woods to Grandmas' house. She'll have backup should the unthinkable happen, or when taking small arms fire on vacation....whether in Hoboken or Kandahar
This is an amazing product.The 121.5 ELT phase out won't affect the 406 MHz ELTs. I'm often in remote areas and this is cheap insurance. That said, with the GlobalStar lower orbital inclination of 52 degrees (Iridium is 86.4) stay away from the poles. This won't effect 99.9% of humans. GlobalStar has some moving holes in coverage at times due to the number of satellites, but wait a few minutes and you're good. The Iridium constellation has far more birds. Track them both & you'll see what I mean
Iridium doesn't have a non military version of this service so the GlobalStar product is the only game in town for the commercial market. I highly recommend Spot Messenger. It's a revolutionary application for John Q Citizen and is literally a life saver. Throw one of these in your wife's' glove box when she goes over the river and through the woods to Grandmas' house. She'll have backup should the unthinkable happen, or when taking small arms fire on vacation....whether in Hoboken or Kandahar
FTroop37F 2 months ago
This is an amazing product.The 121.5 ELT phase out won't affect the 406 MHz ELTs. I'm often in remote areas and this is cheap insurance. That said, with the GlobalStar lower orbital inclination of 52 degrees (Iridium is 86.4) stay away from the poles. This won't effect 99.9% of humans. GlobalStar has some moving holes in coverage at times due to the number of satellites, but wait a few minutes and you're good. The Iridium constellation has far more birds. Track them both & you'll see what I mean
FTroop37F 2 months ago
That's so awesome.
arpnlaei 1 year ago
Im going to be down at sun n fun on saturday. Im excited!
chestateegold 1 year ago