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Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Looks like it goes to a geosynchronus satellite. Use d a satphone for
several years over a geosync. Very picky. Useless on a boat. Had to sit
on the dock and let the people walking by be bewildered by the nut case
sitting on the dock talking on the phone.

What satphone system uses geosync satellites? Both Iridium and
Globalstar use LEO satellites.
krj