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December 15th 06, 10:25 PM
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Two essential items...
RomeoMike wrote: I have no jungle experience but have plenty in the canyons, including narrow ones, of Utah and Arizona. Also in Ponderosa pine forests.I've yet to be in a place where the SAT phone wouldn't work. Just my personal experience. Is it possible that Les was dramatizing his situation for the show? I'm not familiar with it. You need an unobstructed view of the sky for a sat phone to work reliably. Foliage absorbs microwaves - as others have pointed out. The solution, if you are under a canopy, is to find a clearing - if you can. 
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