Internet at Glamis

SPODE said:
I do have 2 deep 6v batteries for the daytime. I am thinking my 12v accessory plug inside my camper will do the trick as we also run the genny as soon as the sun sets till late am hours. Does anyone know the required amps for the power supply? I am gonna try the inverter trick.
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Nevermind, Found it. 2A

 
SPODE said:
I do have 2 deep 6v batteries for the daytime. I am thinking my 12v accessory plug inside my camper will do the trick as we also run the genny as soon as the sun sets till late am hours. Does anyone know the required amps for the power supply? I am gonna try the inverter trick.
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50-75 watts per Starlinks website.

 
ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:
I found out a decade ago when I had Sprint that the tower is AT&T,.. so it worked fine the Friday a.m. hotspot for internet a week before Thanksgiving weekend.. then slow as snails later that night and the rest of the weekend. I have a brand new Starlink in the box, but never got around to using it. I will for my next trip.

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I have AT&T, doesn't matter.  There's no wired connection for that tower, so it's entirely dependent on the microwave antennas:

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On the tower itself for any data leaving the tower.  Each carrier should have its own microwaves on it, but they could be sharing, which would put priority on AT&T.  Either way, way too many people trying to watch porn on that one tower.

 
SPODE said:
Nevermind, Found it. 2A
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It's gonna be 5-6A @ 12v for the dish, plus whatever it takes to run the router (which is about 2A @ 12v based on what most wifi routers use).

 
SPODE said:
I do have 2 deep 6v batteries for the daytime. I am thinking my 12v accessory plug inside my camper will do the trick as we also run the genny as soon as the sun sets till late am hours. Does anyone know the required amps for the power supply? I am gonna try the inverter trick.
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I'm sure your neighbors love you.

 
Is the Dish powered through the modem or is there a separate power cord?

 
The dish plugs into the modem and is powered thru that cord. The modem has a shorter cord that plugs into the power outlet

 
r3meyer said:
I have starlink RV.  It works everywhere.  Confirmed in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming with nothing but a small cigarette outlet (pure sine wave) inverter and a rental car with it sitting on the roof, a house boat in the middle of Lake Powell, Mexico on the beach, Lake Havasu on a holiday weekend, and Glamis over Vets.  I pause the service when I don't need it.  Used it to stream the ASU UOA game in Mexico this last Friday and watch some world cup.

Axia alloy makes an RV ladder mount for it.  I have a really fancy one I made from HD and 1-1/4 EMT.  I think I spent $5.  It survived that nasty monsoon that hit Havasu over Labor Day with 65 Mph winds.

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How are you transporting the antenna to all these places? Or are you taking it in your Motorhome and driving to these sites? I'm asking because I'm planning to put Starlink on my boat in Alaska and my RV down here. I obviously never use the boat and RV at the same time so if I can accomplish this with one system that would be great. But I don't want to have transport the antenna back and forth every time. 

 
i have a wineguard 2.0 for sale, it works 4x better than the cell phone.  $200

 
Dockmaster said:
How are you transporting the antenna to all these places? Or are you taking it in your Motorhome and driving to these sites? I'm asking because I'm planning to put Starlink on my boat in Alaska and my RV down here. I obviously never use the boat and RV at the same time so if I can accomplish this with one system that would be great. But I don't want to have transport the antenna back and forth every time. 
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I have it in a husky box from home depot that I take with me.  If you google Starlink travel case you will get a hundred different ideas.  I checked it on the plane when I went to Wyoming. The small inverter also fits in that box along with a long ratchet tie down.  Husky box is water proof so I could strap it to the roof if needed.  The thought was I could take it anywhere with those 2 items and could get service with any vehicle or a 12v source.  We had 6 guys in a rental navigator when we did our middle of Wyoming trip to a friends remote cabin.  Took a work call in the outhouse using wifi calling lol.  

Here is the inverter I have confirmed works perfectly.  Because cell service was 45mins away we filled the car up and would let the engine run while we used it just to be sure we didn't get stranded.  

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KQ4Q2L5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Looks to be about 200 watts total if you read the specs...110 to 150 watts for the dish, and another 6ish amps (72ish watts) for the router - this is for the high performance residential version, first link below - they don't show the routers power consumption for the standard version (2nd link), which I assume it what is used on the RV plan / option...but the dish uses less power, 50 to 75w vs 110-150 for the high performance.  So,,,150 to 200ish watts total depending which one you go with.

The "RV' version (3rd link) is also 25 more a month, and the only difference looks to be that you can enable and disable your service on a monthly basis.  It would be nice to have one unit, in my opinion the high performance, and just take is from your house when you camp, but that could be a PITA and not ideal for everyone as you'd be taking away the internet from home...would also need two sets of cables (as to avoid taking the cables you prob have ran up to your roof each time), etc.

Lot of money to have reliable internet at the desert, but pretty cool it's an option if you want it.

09222022 - Starlink Product Specifications_HighPerformance

09222022 - Starlink Product Specifications_Standard

STARLINK FOR RVs

 
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wesinls said:
Looks to be about 200 watts total if you read the specs...110 to 150 watts for the dish, and another 6ish amps (72ish watts) for the router - this is for the high performance residential version, first link below - they don't show the routers power consumption for the standard version (2nd link), which I assume it what is used on the RV plan / option...but the dish uses less power, 50 to 75w vs 110-150 for the high performance.  So,,,150 to 200ish watts total depending which one you go with.

The "RV' version (3rd link) is also 25 more a month, and the only difference looks to be that you can enable and disable your service on a monthly basis.  It would be nice to have one unit, in my opinion the high performance, and just take is from your house when you camp, but that could be a PITA and not ideal for everyone as you'd be taking away the internet from home...would also need two sets of cables (as to avoid taking the cables you prob have ran up to your roof each time), etc.

Lot of money to have reliable internet at the desert, but pretty cool it's an option if you want it.

09222022 - Starlink Product Specifications_HighPerformance

09222022 - Starlink Product Specifications_Standard

STARLINK FOR RVs
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You also need the RV version to be able to take it to different places and be "guaranteed" service. Starlink can geofence the unit, and if too many end users are in one location, they can turn off units not inside their authorized location. The RV plan allows you to stay connected if this happens, but have your speed throttled down.

 
The starlink high performance pulls 1.5-2x the power as the normal residential/rv dish (same dish), this is the rectangle dish whereas the high performance one is a larger square. You should expect a draw of about 75 watts total from the normal residential/rv dish I believe but I can double check this tomorrow. The rectangle dish has plenty of throughput for what we’re doing in Glamis whereas the high performance dish is targeted at businesses, mobile applications, or use cases that will have a ton of people on the unit. Also if you have one person in your group with a dish, you can get mesh routers from starlink to extend the wifi further. 

 
how 'bout one of you Gecko loop MF'ers haul your starlinky thinkie and battery box out to the vets ceremony so they can live stream it???? 

 
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