sat phone rental for montes
Submitted by roddo on Fri, 2016-03-04 16:06
Hi all im in the last stages of our monties trip planning and we have decided it will be a good idea to take a satelite phone with us in case of emergency for us and family at home so they have contact. As from what i can gather there isnt any phone reception over there.
Who have you hired one through?
Would there be anyone on here willing to hire me one for a few weeks in may i would pay for all usage which hopefully there will be none and happy to pay your monthly plan while we use it and swing some coin/booze your way to say thanks.
Cheers
Rod
dodgy
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There is phone reception.
There is phone reception. Particularly southern end but there is enough to get a daily weather report online and get sms's out no worries. Telstra only.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Vinesh87
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Date Joined: 02/04/11
Shhhhh dont tell anyone!
Shhhhh dont tell anyone!
Def not the missus, will have to start checking in on fishing trips haha.
Another option apart from satphone is a spot beacon, sends you location whenever you want and can send a sos
crano
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My young bloke rang me from
My young bloke rang me from there on a normal phone about 3 months ago and reception was fine.
jighead
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Date Joined: 03/02/12
Yep
Can get reception but I only tried from the southern end as mentioned above.
pricey10
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Date Joined: 07/01/12
I had reception at the
I had reception at the northern end a couple of weeks ago.
Karratha. WA
roddo
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Date Joined: 16/10/09
Ok awesome looks like its
Ok awesome looks like its not worth organising a sat phone then. Cheers for the info.
mullows
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Date Joined: 25/12/08
If you are planning on
If you are planning on staying in and close to the islands you will be fine with a mob phone. If you are planning on heading out wide from there though, a sat phone may be something you would want to have.
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)