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Re: Iridium go external antenna location

Sv Garulfo
 

Hi Scott,


On a side note, we found the app ‘iWatchSat’ very useful to find out sat coverage. It’s very simple and it helps to plan your call/grib fetch. 

We found waiting for good coverage is the best way to dramatically improve connection quality. 

Hope that helps,


Thomas 
GARULFO 
A54-122
Hiva Oa, French Polynesia 

On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 04:34, Scott SV Tengah <Scott.nguyen@...> wrote:
Hi all,

We just scored a great deal on a used Iridium Go with the external antenna. It comes with 12m of antenna cable and the mount for steel tubes. 
https://www.predictwind.com/iridium-go/#purchase-options

Any suggestions on where to mount the external antenna? I'd like to mine your collective knowledge before I start drilling any new holes. We have a large aft solar arch and assume putting it back there would degrade the signal. 

Additionally, how have you all run the thick antenna cable into the boat? I would like to put the Iridium Go at the nav station, but that's not a requirement. 

Thanks in advance!
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Scott 
2007 A54 #69
SV Tengah
http://www.svtengah.com

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