Iridium sim question

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Hello, I just bought an "old but new" sat phone (Kyocera sd-66k).
I will use it in august, but I would try it as soon as I receive it, in the next few days.
Is there any cheap solution to try it?
I mean: the cheapest solution seems to be to buy a prepaid sim, but it costs at least 130 euro and after only 1 month it expires, as to say in may...
130 euro for 5 minutes seems too much.
Is there any better solution?
Thank you!

[scotta]

I looked into this as I have a sat hone Kyoceraa ss 66k like you

You can buy a prepaid which will last from say 3 months that you activate it. So as such you could carry the phone and the sim card and at the point that you use the sim card you have 3 months to use up your credit. This is in theory good in an emergency, but when i looked into it, you had to activate your prepaid sim within 1 year of purchase

I just pay a monthly charge of 14 pounds and callas are about 70pence per minute.

Thanks

Ashley

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Thank you Ashley! I think I solved in a cheap way: as the phone seems to be ok, I'll wait to buy the prepaid sim in july with an extension of 1 month. At the moment I have only one trip planned in areas where the sat phone is needed, so I don't need more durable solution.
Thank you very much again!