Smart Phone Use onboard

[KPChief]

@Kennebec_Captain

Hartley:

My experience in metal structures leads me to believe that there would be coverage issues with UHF devices (such as smartfones, which are quite low power) on large (metal) vessels.

Yes, there are huge dead spots, most of the engine room and many spots in the holds are spotty or dead zones.

At least some of the TOI - RBF new builds from 2000 - 2005 time frame used used a leaky coax system to extend radio comms to more remote parts of the unit, columns and pontoons. It didn’t seem to work all that well though.