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Old 18th Mar 2014, 06:34
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nitpicker330
 
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Sheep Guts..

The Low gain and High gain antennas require a couple of things to work--

1/ ADIRU aligned so the sat dish knows where to look for the satellites
2/ Power supply from the Aircraft

So NO it would not work on a crashed Aircraft in the Sea unless the above requirements were met!! Yes not likely I'd say.

p.s. Low gain for data, high gain for data and voice.
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