The process to use when you want to call a sat phone number

When you want to head for an adventure, fishing, hunting, or to regions with inadequate network coverage, if you think carrying your mobile phone is enough, think again. The most reliable method you will use in these areas is a satellite phone, provided you can view the sky above you, you can be sure to communicate with anybody in case unexpected event take when which might need a call for help. However, dialing sat phone number can be a challenge.

Traditionally, dialing sat phone numbers has always been a long process that is challenging and painful at the same time. You can start dialing a number and discover you have dialed a wrong digit; you will be forced to restart over again.

The sat phone numbers are not easy to remember and even tricky to store in the device. Some devices also don’t offer the option to reserve the phone’s many digits. Here is the process to use to call a satellite phone number

Calls to sat phones are similar to regular phone calls but with a slight difference. The procedure will change based on how you have set up the calling process.

Step one: look for the 14-15 digit numbers indicating the satellite phone number

These sat numbers always start with the use exit code, which is 011. When you are in other countries, if you want to exit the code; you use ’00’ or ‘001’ and then use your country code. You can find it at calling guide websites.

Step two: enter the prefix associated with the phone you are using

The most common types of phone companies are iridium, Inmarsat, and UPT. Each of these companies usually has a three-digit code. For iridium is 881, Inmarsat is 870 or 871,873 or 874, for UTP phone is 878. Other networks use 882 or 883.

Step three: dial the nine-digit numbers

The number you dial may contain dashes or may not have. Complete your call and wait for it to go through.