Based on (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) apparently the problem is fixed.

I've got the older version ... worked fine last year ... only failed to transmit 1 of 28 signals sent (and for that one I did not have a good "clear sky" window).

dd

marlin55388 wrote on Feb 25^th, 2010 at 6:46am:

I transmitted an "OK" signal each evening from whatever campsite I was occupying.  About half of the transmission days were from WCPP.  The other half were from Quetico.  My only missing transmission day was in WCPP. 

As far as seeking southern exposure for sending a signal,  I didn't focus on that as much as having as much clear sky as possible above me.    The unit might have taken marginally longer to "lock up" on a signal before transmitting if I had a mostly northern exposure, but none-the-less, a lock-up ultimately occurred and the "OK" signal was sent. 

I generally set the unit out in an open space for several minutes and then return to it to activate the signal.  It can take as much as 20 minutes to achieve a lock, so I generally attended to this as one of the activities associated with the even meal.

As far as using a sat. phone, I've only used the Iridium in the northern half of Quetico.  I never failed to attain a signal ... again, I was only transmitting late in the day (around dinner time).  Again, I tended to seek open sky before making a call. 

Hope this helps.

dd