Issues with Sending and Receiving Messages in the Rain Forest of Nigeria.

We currently having Issues with sending and receiving messages in the rain forest of Nigeria. But when these devices are taken to the city "Calabar" one can send and receive messages within 2-3 minutes while in the forest you cant send or receive messages.

Please, what could be the Problem

+1 twolpert over 1 year ago

Wet foliage is a very effective signal blocker. You will probably have to find a clearing - a location with a clear view of a substantial portion of the sky - in order to use iR messaging.

0 4739716 over 1 year ago in reply to twolpert

Thank you for your response Sir. So its not a devices/setting issue but satellite reception issue

0 twolpert over 1 year ago in reply to 4739716

Yes. Possibly more so on the transmit side than the receive side. All the iR handheld devices have relatively low power transmitters. Although it's not intuitive, you need to successfully transmit in order to receive a message.

Regardless of the details, the overhead foliage is the problem. And the wetter it is, the worse it is.

0 4739716 over 1 year ago in reply to twolpert

Thank you for your response Sir. So its not a devices/setting issue but satellite reception issue?

0 Volker over 1 year ago in reply to 4739716

I would guess: yes. For a good iridium reception a free view to the sky is necessary. Dense wet covering by leaves (signal reflections) complicate the whole thing in the rainforest. No device issue.

A gps satellite signal should be available more easily for navigation/position locating because there are much more gps satellites available as iridium satellites.

0 4739716 over 1 year ago in reply to Volker

Many thanks for your response.