Black Panther 1,586 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Just wasted an hour on line trying to find out about these( why do people have websites without ph numbers??) Any first hand reports??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Heaps on here already;search for irridium in forums... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 252 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Yep got one on Bad Kitty, does the job well enough, no real downside that I can see. Better than a stand alone Iridium phone for everything except taking with you in the life raft! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 61 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Used ours in Alaska last year. Not easy to set up, other than that, very good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kick Ass 47 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 They are pretty good, make sure you get the external antenna. Good feature is you can set it up to send position reports to a desired phone # at whatever intervals you desire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 there is a lot of useful info here https://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/categories/200016475-Iridium-GO- I have found Nick Olsen at Predictwind very helpful. one point which may not be clear is that if you use an Iridium email address, then you can only access the emails via satellite - you cannot access them thru a regular internet connection. If you prefer to forward your existing emails, you can do this (for a price) via services such as Sailmail, UUPlus, Xgate. They have filters set up just to send you the outline and hold all the attachments back for downloading when you wish. Just installed an external aerial myself, the cable is about as co-operative as an angry python... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Thanks for that. How does one contact predict wind? Theirs was one of the websites without a ph number Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 all here https://www.predictwind.com/contact-us/ you will probably go to message bank but they will call you back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1paulg 17 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The backup at Predictwind is very good. I have an external aerial with 3 m of cable -never used if anyone is interested... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The backup at Predictwind is very good. I have an external aerial with 3 m of cable -never used if anyone is interested... Im interested, have sent a pm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 When you fit the aerial be aware that it needs to be wired/routed from the aerial, not the other way. The fitting is oversize at the aerial end. Thankyou, yours sincerely Bastards International. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Good advice, thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Thank you all, Soon as I can stop work I'll try to contact them. Sounds like what I've been looking for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 When you fit the aerial be aware that it needs to be wired/routed from the aerial, not the other way. The fitting is oversize at the aerial end. Thankyou, yours sincerely Bastards International. When you run the cable good to have 2 or 3 people on the job to help guide it around any corners and to feed it into the above mentioned aerial fitting. Also make sure the end of the heavy cable feeding the Iridium Go is securely supported to ensure no strain is placed on the delicate little cable that connects to the Go modem. If you need to get the cable shortened some of the Marine Leccy's have the fittings and crimp tool - I had Beacon Marine modify my cable Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigal.nz 59 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I have heard that since the Next satellites are all up now, Go users should see some performance improvement. It may not be real increase in speed but the latency may have dropped and an apparent speed increase through the more reliable connections. Anyone able to verify? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Received the following advice from Keryn at Predictwind: Iridium have released new firmware. We are seeing up to 50% speed increase when on the NEXT satellites. Normally the data rate is 12KB/min but now we are seeing speeds up to 18KB/min. In addition the voice quality with the new firmware on the NEXT satellites is far superior.Please check you have the latest Iridium GO! firmware, by connecting your phone to the Iridium Go Wifi, open the Iridium GO! app on your mobile phone, login to the Iridium GO, and go to the Help icon, click on the "about" menu. The Iridium GO! Firmware version should be 2.1.8.It is critical that you have the latest firmware for a reliable connection. To upgrade please follow the instructions athttps://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/articles/205341170--Iridium-GO-Firmware-Upgrade-Version-2-1-8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dtwo 157 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Is the Iridium Go aerial similar to a GPS aerial - in that it can deal with a little bit of something between it and the sky? Or is a prima donna and want nothing at all above it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 the latter, nothing above it or immediately along side it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Finally got back to this. The smaller in Reach Garmin thingy is about half the price. Seems the only difference is text only, no voice calls? Is that right? Hmmmmmmmmmm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 No grib files. Not the same at all... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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