Starlink ordered… I feel it’s the only sensible option now.. (1 Viewer)

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MisterB

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enough to know i shouldnt touch things i know nothing about ....
That looks like a nice simple all in one solution. Previous buyers have left good comments, which is always helpful.
Reducing the need to run dishy through an inverter will reduce the power consumption from whatever the inverter was using, so there are definitely benefits.
Its a shame no one has been able to combine a router in the same package, I feel that would be a game changer. Hope you get starmount to cancel the order!
Let us know how you go on with the device ...??
 
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Our latest bush camp with Starlink operating flawlessly.
At this stage we’re very remote, about six hours drive from the nearest small town.
No other humans since we passed through the town.
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Feb 27, 2011
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Early reviews... Mini Dishy is much more plasticy and light weight than the larger ones. Is it going to survive being on the roof of a van?
With it being smaller It probably doesn't need to be as rigid?
 
Sep 29, 2007
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So, ....... what's in the 2 boxes?
Looking at that pic makes me think dishy should be incorporated in to the top of one of them!!
Eating and cooking utensils.
I carried dishy in my hand luggage.

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Jul 29, 2007
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Fired my starlink up last night, the first time since last year, it wanted to do an update, I let it do that and then it just endlessly tried to reboot.
I left it overnight, looked at it again this morning and it wants to update again, l let it do it and it then it booted up and connected.
So all good in the end.
 
Sep 17, 2017
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Fired my starlink up last night, the first time since last year, it wanted to do an update, I let it do that and then it just endlessly tried to reboot.
I left it overnight, looked at it again this morning and it wants to update again, l let it do it and it then it booted up and connected.
So all good in the end.
Probably got overwhelmed by the thousands of new satellites since last time it looked. 😅
 
Sep 29, 2007
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Fired my starlink up last night, the first time since last year, it wanted to do an update, I let it do that and then it just endlessly tried to reboot.
I left it overnight, looked at it again this morning and it wants to update again, l let it do it and it then it booted up and connected.
So all good in the end.
On our “Franked” dishy we’ve noticed that it needs a voltage above about 12.3v to boot successfully. We bought a 230v ac to 12v dc to run it off a generator if need be, but it never went beyond the booting stage at just over 12.2v. It will be fine on lithium, but I’m now on the hunt for a 230v ac to 13v dc travel converter. As usual Google makes it almost impossible to narrow my search down. It seems the more we move to AI the dumber the searches become.
 

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