Best mobile phone coverage for sailing around Britain.

[Cardinal]

QuSpot with a RUT240 at the top of the mast, TSW100 for PoE down below (also serves your radar and MFDs for network switching). That'll get you much more reliable internet, which you can then use VOIP on top of for actual calling if you really feel the need for human contact. I get 15Mbps pretty consistently (although not yet up the mast!) but not been around the coast with it. I'm told it works up to about 20NM off shore by others who have this setup.

Oh and if you need different networks the other Teltonika kit has 2 sim slots and auto failover which can optionally be based on roaming charges

Would I be correct to say that this set-up requires an inverter?

 

[lustyd]

No that setup runs from a single 12V or 24V cable to the switch, the router is power over Ethernet from that switch and the quspot is just weatherproof housing and an antenna. All very low power stuff too and really cheap. You’d only need a single Ethernet cable up the mast which will often replace the useless glomex one most yachts have.

 

[Cardinal]

No that setup runs from a single 12V or 24V cable to the switch, the router is power over Ethernet from that switch and the quspot is just weatherproof housing and an antenna. All very low power stuff too and really cheap. You’d only need a single Ethernet cable up the mast which will often replace the useless glomex one most yachts have.

Thanks.

 

[lustyd]

I put a few more details on a thread on the PBO forum today along with a diagram

 

[Cardinal]

I put a few more details on a thread on the PBO forum today along with a diagram

Thanks. A very useful thread.