Making Satellite Calls With A 1973 Telephone (And Inmarsat Mobile Terminal)

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  • @k.o.0
    @k.o.0 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +252

    Ordering an Inmarsat SIM card: $250 dollars
    Ordering a bacon double cheese pizza: $ Priceless!!!

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@k.o.0 right 😂😂😂😂

    • @nintendolunchbox
      @nintendolunchbox 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’ve jumped out of those c130s.

    • @alexdhall
      @alexdhall 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Honestly I would of also called the British talking clock for 💩 and giggles....

    • @xephael3485
      @xephael3485 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@nintendolunchboxyes people can jump out of planes... Have anything else to share D.B. Cooper?

    • @markarca6360
      @markarca6360 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Mastercard reference.

  • @91thewatcher23
    @91thewatcher23 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +212

    70's candle phone, 80's phone that didn't work, 90's dialer, modem & sat from 00's, wireless mic probably from the 10's... this is like a convention of the decades

    • @raygunsforronnie847
      @raygunsforronnie847 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      "Where we proudly use whatever is available, exclusively!"

    • @Francois_Dupont
      @Francois_Dupont 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      the worst is that most of his problem would have been fixed with just a normal cable powered phone set. i had one for years it was very practical for emergencies. it looked like a normal desk phone, but didnt need a power supply.

    • @raygunsforronnie847
      @raygunsforronnie847 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Francois_Dupont I've got a 2500 style Touch Tone desk set, no memories, no internal recording, it just dials, rings, and we talk. It's not used for anything ATM, but it's in the pile of "whatever is available" if I need it!

    • @Geeksmithing
      @Geeksmithing หลายเดือนก่อน

      and a pizza from the 20's! ;D

  • @userscott
    @userscott 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +264

    Proud to be the man on the other end of the phone! We love you Gabe, keep up the freedom!

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Think I forgot to @ you in the description, better add that in before this goes legit public!

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@saveitforparts I didn't know that was your name

    • @ithuri3l
      @ithuri3l 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One dodgy mofo talking to another dodgy mofo.... classic boys :)

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @userscott >>> I checked out the link Gabe put in the video description, and it turns out I already follow your Channel...🤭

  • @gastonbell108
    @gastonbell108 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    Gabe is already the hero of a post-apocalyptic movie, we're all just still in the prologue.

    • @YuNherd
      @YuNherd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      yep, if doomsday comes you can rely on this guy

    • @mikemar42
      @mikemar42 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm pretty sure the character the Warlock in Live Free Die Hard was based on Gabe. End of the world and he's online.

    • @AltimaHurricaneChasing
      @AltimaHurricaneChasing 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@YuNherdI was thinking the same thing. He could possibly monitor hurricane/weather activity, make international phone calls, and provide incredible information in the event of a worldwide blackout.

  • @kameljoe21
    @kameljoe21 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +197

    I was going to say "how did I miss this, 4 days ago!" It is unlisted... Glad I watch shorts....

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      Yeah I may have accidentally sneak-released the Wednesday video, oh well :-P

    • @landgrenade
      @landgrenade 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Same here!!

  • @dagmarsuarez3033
    @dagmarsuarez3033 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    So, someone who does not want to be identified sends you technology from some sort of unspecified government source. Random military aircraft fly over. And a pizza arrives.

    • @raygunsforronnie847
      @raygunsforronnie847 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I think I'd try some of the pizza on a test critter before eating it. Just saying.

    • @sumduma55
      @sumduma55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@raygunsforronnie847nah... nothing to worry about. They just want to ensure that they can Contact him when skynet takes over.

  • @feelincrispy7053
    @feelincrispy7053 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    I love your jank satellite and camera/mic set ups. For one it’s authentic and secondly it’s a reminder of old TH-cam. It’s nostalgic for anyone older than 30 that misses that golden era of TH-cam where it was just a man, his new toy and a 5MP camera and that was it. These days it all ultra edited and scripted with a production team. Don’t ever change, it’s good the way it is background noise, sun glare and all

    • @RICHat22
      @RICHat22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As a well weathered 49 year old... Agree 100%

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@feelincrispy7053 I agree

    • @MisterTalkingMachine
      @MisterTalkingMachine 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed, Cody's Lab is good in the same way

    • @YeshuaLoves_You
      @YeshuaLoves_You 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agreed

    • @phaeilo
      @phaeilo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So much this!

  • @gregorcutt9078
    @gregorcutt9078 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I stumbled across your wind turbine and battery video which then led me to this video. I can not stop smiling! The look of happiness on your face, the enthusiasm, and persistence are captivating! I told my wife that I’ve found the guy that you see in every dystopian movie that somehow saves the world by scraping together decades old technology and getting it to work. Well done. I have not enjoyed a video this much in a long time! Thank you.

  • @AaronzDad
    @AaronzDad 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    AHHHHH!!! This is FANTASTIC! Using a stars and stripes candlestick phone to call via satellite. When you got through to your friend Scott in the UK I thought it was great. Then you said you managed to order a pizza and I figured that was the pinnacle.
    But then you called your friend.
    On his Payphone.
    In his front yard.
    With a rotary dial candlestick phone.
    Via satellite.
    They can close TH-cam now. It ain't gonna get any better than this.

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It was fun to play with some of that stuff!

  • @arjovenzia
    @arjovenzia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    If anyone is wondering how such a tiny amount of data is useful, we once deployed a bunch of iridium modems to some LED signage into outback Australia. Mainly to close roads when flooded. The security was handled by the modem, and it took a whole 4 bytes of rs232 to change the signs display. There was also a water level guage that came in over RF from a few km away, that wasn't our hardware, but I think that was 12 bytes. Needless to say, the 2.5mb yearly data cap went a pretty long way.

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Yeah, stuff like this is mostly for IoT. You'd never want to visit a modern webpage with it, the data allowance would be gone on the home page!

  • @bubbafett2328
    @bubbafett2328 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I’m a new ham operator and I gotta say this is so friggin cool. You’ve earned my subscription sir

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bubbafett2328 definitely agree

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This isn't exactly ham related... maybe adjacent :-)

  • @FriesOfTheDead
    @FriesOfTheDead 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

    Lol I donno if I got baited, but the + is used on any international phone number, even American phone numbers (+1) when dialing America from another country. It's not just a European thing.
    The '+' symbol in an international phone number is a placeholder for the international access code required to dial out of the country you are in. When dialing from abroad, the '+' ensures that the appropriate code is included no matter where you're calling from. For example, if you're calling the United States from another country, you would dial +1, where '1' is the country code for the U.S., and the '+' automatically substitutes the correct international access code (such as 011 for the U.S.). This format allows for consistency in dialing, regardless of location.

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      It's mostly a joke that Americans don't understand how to dial +, although I legitimately had to think about it a bit and figure out which code worked on which phone!

    • @RakTheGoose
      @RakTheGoose 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@saveitforparts you can hold 0 to convert it into a + , or for certain devices, 00 is equal to a +

    • @jrr851
      @jrr851 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      When i moved to NZ i had to add the +1 to all the contacts in my address book i still wanted to call/text with.

    • @heuheuheu993
      @heuheuheu993 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Doesn't 00 substitute +? I remember dialing 00(country code) usually
      Edit: yes it is. It's what Gabe did.

    • @nathanward9865
      @nathanward9865 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heuheuheu993it depends. In Australia it’s 0011 for.. reasons.

  • @HPad2
    @HPad2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Area code 480 is in Arizona. +1 is the USA/Canada country code. They show that for those who may NOT be in the US. The +870 is a country code specifically for Inmarsat which would be an international call

  • @brianbarker2551
    @brianbarker2551 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    God damn that's janky and fun. Sat terminal from the 2000s on a cd-rom equipped laptop using a 1973 freedom phone and a 90s novelty dialer. And it works! This is why I watch this channel

  • @sergoogle5061
    @sergoogle5061 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Whoever sent you that was a real one. What a badass. Thanks for sharing, it was a great watch before work!

  • @prozacgod
    @prozacgod 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Ordering pizza over a satphone is the ultimate nerd flex.

  • @AdmiralCupcake91
    @AdmiralCupcake91 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    4:22 Don’t forget about aircraft! On our longer range planes (traversing the oceans mostly) we utilize Inmarsat for satellite phone communications with air traffic control or more commonly with the company itself if we need voice communication with them.

    • @TheAlchaemist
      @TheAlchaemist 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right, although it's not the same terminals. The regular BGAN terminals cannot handle doppler shift.

  • @synonyx
    @synonyx 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Crazy how far we've come. I have a starlink mini mounted to my sunroof and I can Wi-Fi call with it in all of the areas I go with no cell coverage. This is still VERY cool though. Fellow ham operator here too ;)

  • @Rettro404
    @Rettro404 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Starlink works so much better but for some reason I'm obsessed with the older stuff lol

    • @fluffybabypolliwog
      @fluffybabypolliwog 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Starlink becomes self-aware when Eloon becomes a trillionaire. Goodbye, Earth people ...

    • @systemchris
      @systemchris 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Taiwan is looking to build their own analogue of starlink

    • @TouYubeTom
      @TouYubeTom 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@systemchris not digital?

    • @systemchris
      @systemchris 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TouYubeTom haha different meaning of analogue - their version of the type low orbit satellite that starlink uses

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@systemchris China are already launching satellites for their version.

  •  24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dude, you are so lovable and humble. Appreciate the content and spreading the word.

  • @DarrenRipley
    @DarrenRipley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video man! I'm a huge space AND phone nerd, this hit all the right boxes for my weird brain, lol.
    Pulse dial is pretty much out, but oddly enough my optical network transceiver I got from my ISP still supports pulse! I love that my 1950s rotary phone completely works, it freaks people out because it looks like a decoration, but then it actually, fully, works!

  • @Futjikato
    @Futjikato 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for sharing! Here some small support to help the tinkering

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I really appreciate the support :-D

  • @willywerkel1330
    @willywerkel1330 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Gabe, i wish i kept that kid in me like you do. I am astonished from ur human(?) being. You are awesome.

  • @DoRullings
    @DoRullings 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just want to say I really enjoy your videos. I don't care if the video or audio isn't flawless, I'm here for the content. Love it!
    Greetings from Norway.

    • @onradioactivewaves
      @onradioactivewaves 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed, I'd much rather see his time spent showcasing all this amazing old technology together over polished audio or onscreen video graphics wankery.

  • @AndrewWestaway
    @AndrewWestaway 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your jank and wacky setups make this channel fun to watch. Keep rolling with it, Gabe!

  • @tristangates2797
    @tristangates2797 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You can just use a DTMF dialer on your computer. Literally just hold the phone mic up to the laptop speakers and play the DTMF tones. I think there are a few web apps, probably some android and iphone apps too.

  • @RICHat22
    @RICHat22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Around 8:30 I said "That's cool" in sync with you. lol. Nice toys. Glad to see someone your age with as much knowledge of the older tech as you have.

  • @gjnezat
    @gjnezat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks!

    • @saveitforparts
      @saveitforparts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, thank you! Glad you like my projects!

  • @willowen5781
    @willowen5781 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Most in focus UFO footage ever!

  • @mdamaged
    @mdamaged 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    12:14 In case you weren't joking, you don't actually dial the +, it just means the number after it is used to denote what country code to dial. 13:58 you can use a dtmf app on your phone to generate the tones.

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@mdamaged like a blue box lol

  • @falafell
    @falafell 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love this type of content, yet another expansion to the satellite adventures! Edit: this video is amazing, the story is actually quite in depth and interesting, making this edit after watching the entire video.

  • @huboz0r
    @huboz0r 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That antenna mount quality is just outstanding. Well done!

  • @DonnyLA
    @DonnyLA 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of your best vids ever!!! You ordered a pizza from space!!!
    You are awesome Gabe 👍

  • @dakota.zimmerman
    @dakota.zimmerman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is pretty cool to see all the old technology still working. Nice job powering through the issues and making it work! Also nice wheel barrow collection, I've only ever seen 2 at one house before, never 3 lol.

  • @AcidOllie
    @AcidOllie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If you ever need a hand with anything UK related feel free to ask me if your other guys are busy or something. I'm UK born and bred and I would be happy to help! Great video dude.

  • @syanopgh
    @syanopgh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Plus dialing is documented under ITU standard E.164 if you want to know more about it. Country code 870 is specifically for Inmarsat and isn't assigned to any one country. I believe most carriers would consider it an international call from any non-Inmarsat phone.

  • @DerDonCH
    @DerDonCH 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tom Scott send me here. I love your style, mate!

  • @Segranz
    @Segranz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    20:48 This is the shot. Love it.

  • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
    @MAGGOT_VOMIT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was awesome!! It felt like we were desperately tryin' to call from our crashed space-ship on Titan, to any random space-cargo vessel that may be flying in our quadrant and could do a supply-drop. 😎👍

  • @thefunkydad420
    @thefunkydad420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just found out about you absolutely loving the channel!!

  • @BrooklynBubbler
    @BrooklynBubbler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Jealous of the space pizza. Love your content. Perhaps we are distant cousins.

  • @lambo_drives
    @lambo_drives 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    22:58 Omg!! That’s my neighbor… the phone actually works??? I’ve made a couple videos (see shorts) with it but sound designed in the ringing 😊

  • @brucelytle1144
    @brucelytle1144 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was on a ship on the 90's that had an Inmar satellite system on it, looked pretty much the same.
    So, we were upgrading our internal phone system from an X-Y switch to a PBX system. I hooked up all the new phones and programmed the PBX. In the process I found a phone line to the Inmarsat modem 😊. I set it up (the PBX) so any phone could dial it up, with a code. While doing that, I read through the Instructions for the Inmarsat system (much larger than the one you showed!) and found what was basically a back door to make, uh, lets call it non-toll calls 😮
    Once at sea, my wife called the ship, I let her know that calling me from a landline costs $30 a minute, she cut it short!
    I didn't abuse it, figured if I did it too much, I'd get caught!

  • @MNGermann
    @MNGermann 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Self pointing antennas always fascinated me.

  • @michaellichter4091
    @michaellichter4091 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the latest and greatest, it works really well. You can go hunting for Bigfoot in remote corners and still have a phone. Now they can explore the South Pole-thank you for sharing your experiences with the satellite phone with us.

  • @jeredjohnson5300
    @jeredjohnson5300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The amount of effort you put in to every single video is very admirable

  • @coquicrops
    @coquicrops 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude, this is my new fav channel. Really cool stuff you are doing. Thank you for the cool content, so chill and informative.

  • @reneberthold334
    @reneberthold334 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love the stuff you do that's so great. Greetings from germany.

  • @VR-Fanatic666
    @VR-Fanatic666 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When the call went through it was just An amazing moment

  • @karcinogen
    @karcinogen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Had to become a member. Love this channel and can't wait for more. Cheers!

  • @dereklouis4710
    @dereklouis4710 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The visual of you using that ye olde phone, big grin on your face, satellite dish spinning around on top of a milk crate tower with the laptop and other gear about is priceless.
    I’m just imagining a stranger walking by, seeing you, and wondering whether you are a genius, or just broke out of the mental institution.
    Fascinating and hilarious video, making me want to engage in questionable financial decisions.

  • @RinoaL
    @RinoaL 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how you start the video with a reminder that people don't need to send you things because you have a lot already. haha
    I'm actually in the opposite situation and might ask you to send me a huge box of junk because I keep using up my things for work and prototyping.

  • @itsalexjones
    @itsalexjones 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Haven't heard of BGAN in ages! Just before I got into my career it was _the_ way to get a 2 way call back to the radio station when abroad. They made a foldable, laptop sized terminal for static use - all I know is we'd sold ours a shortly before I started because of the obnoxious cost for what was effectively a 64k link (IIRC you may as well have just lit piles of money on fire every minute) and it got replaced with the Eutelsat Ka band Tooway system and now that's been replaced by bonded 4G and Starlink

  • @griffithd05
    @griffithd05 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This gave me such nostalgic flashbacks of working with old sat gear in the Marines and trying to get things to work with no support. 😂

  • @drones7838
    @drones7838 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "because i dont know what to do" 'I am going to take the drastic measure and read the manual" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @MikeKamradt
    @MikeKamradt หลายเดือนก่อน

    No Godfather's Pizza??? LOL! Originally from Spencer Iowa but have been in Texas since 90. Love the content and have always been into satellite's since we had an 8' C-Band dish when I was a kid. I'm going to start tinkering myself. Appreciate the videos and keep them coming!

  • @gregaluise5727
    @gregaluise5727 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just recently discovered your channel and only wish I had done so sooner! Love your content and you just seem like a wonderful and fun human! Keep doing what you do!

  • @KQ4JGS
    @KQ4JGS 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I about spit my drink out when you said $9 a min! Good stuff.

  • @tomschneider4870
    @tomschneider4870 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude.... I don't know what to say. I wouldn't know where to start! Amazing.

  • @Winsane
    @Winsane 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really appreciate getting to see the inside of that antenna unit. It's almost as well built as a Juicero!

  • @confuseatronica
    @confuseatronica 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    the phone audio quality is way way better than i expected!

  • @juanharu
    @juanharu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    it's always refreshing seeing your videos Gabe it brings pace to mind! THANK YOU!

  • @jayprojects9693
    @jayprojects9693 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so cool, and such a collision of techs and phreakery!

  • @thesausage351
    @thesausage351 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I bought a watch from eBay, in Japan, and I’m in Australia and it said it would be here in one weeks time. I laughed, because currently if I get a parcel from the same state within one week I think I’m doing good. Sure enough, one week later, my 1990’s Tag Heuer, the same as Ayrton Senna once wore, arrived on my doorstep for my wife to receive and then question how much i paid for it and all those fun things.

    • @gergoantal1066
      @gergoantal1066 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's extremely cool. Japanese eBay sellers sometimes have the craziest stuff for sale.

  • @SawdustSoftwareSiliconChippy
    @SawdustSoftwareSiliconChippy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is awesome!
    You can feed DTMF into the decadic dialing phone microphone (AFAIK).
    And Pizza 😆

  • @al_lazy3519
    @al_lazy3519 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video, I really enjoyed it! I guess you could try playing the dtmf tones on your cellphone's speaker into the microphone of the freedom phone, there's a chance it might pick it up without excess noise

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's what I thought he was going to do with the laptop, generate DTMF tones to play into the microphone on the phone. I've still got a handheld DTMF tone generator somewhere at home.

  • @guitrain
    @guitrain 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The air traffic has been insane these last few days. Great vid!

  • @thenewfast1
    @thenewfast1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm soo jelly. Dude ur content is really informative and as always interesting. Ty

  • @Kai-Made
    @Kai-Made 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I know the sim cards are only 5 bucks, but to load just 50 units is over 150 bucks. I use to work with a man who had one of these(or very similar) in his mechanics rig. He was a head mechanic on a big oil pipeline, and he was on that thing all the time. The short wave/radios were not reliable outside of a few miles, and he needed to reliably talk to people when he was in the boonies...so I guess it was worth it. BUT I kid you not, he was on that thing like 3 hours a day. Too rich for my blood.

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Kai-Made yea that sucks the homeless like me couldn't benefit from that kind of money I need a RV

    • @jhonbus
      @jhonbus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Oil companies are like the other end of that saying "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it". If you start telling them a product or service they want you to provide will cost they just cut you off and say that won't be a problem, just send an invoice.
      Their recruiters would come to my University and have open-invite events for my entire department (chem eng) where they would take anyone who signed up on nights out to extremely fancy restaurants and tell us to order whatever without even counting the students. Don't worry, this is Manchester, and even in London we've never yet managed to hit the company card limit!
      I guess this was the exact point of their recruitment tactic - show of the ridiculous "baller lifestyle" and imply that's what you could expect working for them. Not necessarily true of course, but still.

    • @coreybabcock2025
      @coreybabcock2025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jhonbus wish they could help me get a RV

    • @jhonbus
      @jhonbus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@coreybabcock2025 Me too, man. Ever greater amounts of hoarded wealth by the likes of oil company execs and shareholders making less to go around and more and more people landing in poverty as a result. I never could stomach the idea of working in oil.
      I hope you get the break you need soon. All the best.

    • @Kai-Made
      @Kai-Made 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@coreybabcock2025 not saying it is the answer to your plight. BUT consider looking into the homesteading groups in rural PA, WV, and VA. I know a couple folks who let people live on their property, giving them a place to be, and live and thrive and only ask for X number of hours of labor...I know a "landless peasant" a homeless person by anyother name, who lives on one near me...and he actually does about 30 hours labor a month which pays his rent, food, and most basics. Then he picks up odds and ends in the surrounding areas...which goes to his luxury stuffs.
      Just a thought. They do exist. I would suggest the one near me, but I think they are full currently. Having 2 folks living there.

  • @_z4ppy
    @_z4ppy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You’ve very quickly become one of my favorite TH-cam channels! Thanks for mentioning the Patreon… just subscribed, keep up the great work!!
    Ps. Thanks for encouraging me to get out there and build a milkcrate support of my own 😂

  • @SvyatoslavKrasnitskiy
    @SvyatoslavKrasnitskiy หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's cool. I've been to Inmarsat base in our country and saw those enormous dishes. Working on some telco job. That's hilarious to be in between of those. Odesa, Ukraine.

  • @joegroom3195
    @joegroom3195 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video! That's sweet that it all still functions. It sounds like you need a telephone ring booster to amp up the number of REN the system can handle. Basically it's like amperage on power supplies. If the power supply can do 1000ma and you have 2 devices taking 600ma, then it's maxing out the power supply. The modem has a limited amount of REN available and your devices are exceeding it. It'd be best to get a somewhat modern phone. Perhaps you could get a cordless phone and add local wireless to the global wireless. 😆 Keep it up! Loving the videos!

  • @wickedmuffin76
    @wickedmuffin76 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had one of those "pocket phones", worked at Radio Shack and one came back missing all accessories. I took it home and used it with a standard phone cord and 2.5mm wired headset I had from an old cell phone.

  • @q07906
    @q07906 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This got to be the coolest channel on youtube! Keep up good work man.

  • @Jack-yt8ml
    @Jack-yt8ml 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gabe that old laptop with the CD drive should have a modem port in it, you can use that to make voice calls from the laptop instead of using a janky old phone. Plus then it will be easier to visaulize and record the audio, you can do that straight from Windows. Just need a dialer software easy as pie.

  • @tekvax01
    @tekvax01 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your wireless microphone and transmitter is FINE! Sounds great...

  • @utp216
    @utp216 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You’re one helluva madlad doing this! 🙏🤘

  • @ddtcs
    @ddtcs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Plus in a number is a area code indicator. For example, +43 is Austria.

  • @beautifulsmall
    @beautifulsmall 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Government surplus, mmmmmm. As you say the build quality looks sweet. Great to see it working.

  • @cttv90108
    @cttv90108 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Epic video and epically funny as well. Love the Spirit of 76 bicentennial phone .

  • @glockenspielsdesk
    @glockenspielsdesk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    knowing this stuff exists makes me happy

  • @swrekcfest
    @swrekcfest 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow , nice to see that transmitter on the inside !
    Great video as usual man !

  • @chadwi4648
    @chadwi4648 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    New Glarus brewery needs to sponsor ya!

  • @PhonePhreak3z
    @PhonePhreak3z 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love your content and Peter Fairlies content. You two should do some type of collab content!! Maybe you should both call each other from your satellite phones!!!
    Edit: You ended up calling him!! haha

  • @DaRoosterSee
    @DaRoosterSee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Perfect timing on the ducks 24:01

  • @keanmeyer7877
    @keanmeyer7877 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video is pure joy!

  • @anactualpilot
    @anactualpilot 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice upload - Good representation of your intelligence. Thank you.

  • @paulsengupta971
    @paulsengupta971 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What an awesome piece of equipment! Shame the service is so expensive!

  • @JarheadCrayonEater
    @JarheadCrayonEater 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You'd probably love to see what the USACE uses at the 17th Street, Orleans, and London canals in NOLA. They use satellite phones connected to the level monitoring sensors.
    I used to be the control system engineer on those pump stations and the level monitoring stations in those canals. I even designed the recent ones, and the USACE required that we offer a way to upload via satellite using those Iridium phones. The same phones I used in Iraq in 2003. Back when I piloted a C-130 from Baghdad to Kuwait City in the Marines.

  • @jamesparker2337
    @jamesparker2337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing explanation mark

  • @RijuBiswas127
    @RijuBiswas127 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And you know what we do love the setup because this is our comfort palace also

  • @tonygardner4077
    @tonygardner4077 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love ya channel mate ... cheers from NZ

  • @shawnerz98
    @shawnerz98 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was amazing! Loved that episode!

  • @dunravin
    @dunravin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can dial a plus sign by entering 00 (zero zero) before the number, you will need the full number which includes the country code, area code and phone number. For UK for example you would dial 0044 (country code) then the area code omitting leading zeros and then the number.

  • @highseassailor
    @highseassailor 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's neat to see anyone so excited about anything these days.

  • @InopVirtualPilot
    @InopVirtualPilot 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Should've named it "ordering takeaway pizza on satellite phone". Legend!

  • @nathanlewis5682
    @nathanlewis5682 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That scene from Airplane 2. E.T. is at the airport payphone and wants to call home. He dials 0 for the operator. The operator says to deposit 6 million dollars for the first 3 minutes. E.T. hangs up the handset back on the phone.

  • @bullzye101
    @bullzye101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    frigging awesome stuff Gabe your channel is so awesome .. loved this sat call stuff 👍😃👍 .. very very big thumbs up 👍😃👍

  • @Meancat3
    @Meancat3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolute joy watching this my friend!

  • @zachwak
    @zachwak 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the payphone beer was awesome