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Sat Phone Rental

Submitted by Jim Gregory on Fri, 2008-05-16 08:16.

Where is the best place to rent a Sat. Phone these days.  And, what equipment should I rent to be able to download gribs and weather info??

thanks,

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Sat phone rental

Submitted by wbdavidson on Sat, 2008-06-28 06:50.

I've got the same question. Looking at grib files from Sailmail looks pretty handy to have on this race!
What's your findings on this topic?
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Sat phone rental

Submitted by Lat21 on Sun, 2008-06-29 15:58.

I just rented one from Remote Satellite Systems based in Santa Rosa: www.remotesatellite.com. Be sure to request the data kit if you want to use it for email.

It is supposed to work with Sailmail but I haven't got it working with data yet.

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