Starlink

[buckeyefarmer]

I have several small UPS systems scattered across my house. One kept beeping yesterday so I bypassed it. At least 3 needs new batteries.
I do have starlink on a surge suppressor.

I just noticed starlink router network is not showing up, I’m on my LTE network. Not going to get out of bed to investigate.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got it to connect with starlink, but here is speed test

 

[bdhsfz6]

Back in May, I saw this Starlink dish installed on the cap of a pickup at a trailhead in Canyonlands NP:

From the looks of the gear in the bed, the owners were using it as a mini camper. They must REALLY need their internet!

I wanted to ask how well the setup worked but they were out on the trail somewhere.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Where I live, VOIP is the only phone service. If you don't have internet, communication is almost nonexistent. With a Wilson signal amp, the cell phone will send and receive texts but not phone calls. With WiFi it behaves like a normal cell phone.

 

[LouNY]

I think this has been mentioned a few times, so I'll just confirm it.
During heavy storms Starlink will loose signal, just lost it for about 15 minutes during a heavy squall.
We got over an inch in 15 minutes.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I lose service at a sprinkle of rain.

 

[newbury]

I recall mine rebooting a couple of times when the power to the house flickered. It caused a factory reset once. So I purchased a $60 600VA UPS to combat the issue. We have a lot of frequent and strong thunderstorms in the SE during the summers.

Have you thought of getting a "whole house surge protector"?
IF you can install it yourself it's not very expensive. They run about $150 for the actual item.

 

[ultrarunner]

My experience with sat tv is any significant rain impacts reception…

 

[sodamo]

My SL seems way less sensitive to rain than my Dish TV

 

[bdhsfz6]

My SL seems way less sensitive to rain than my Dish TV

Same here.
Very heavy rain or snow will reduce Starlink speeds but rarely interrupt service completely.
Dish TV, on the other hand, goes out in moderate rain.

 

[cqaigy2]

Same here. SL has dropped during heavy slushy rain and seemed to slow down during regular rain. I'm not sure, but it seems to slow down when we have a heavy snow fall too.

 

[BigBlue1]

My SL seems way less sensitive to rain than my Dish TV

Same here. But heavy rain does disrupt Starlink.

 

[John_Mc]

I lose service at a sprinkle of rain.

That's not the case here. We've lost service due to weather for about 20 minutes once in the 18 months we've had Starlink. It was in the middle of a HEAVY storm. The rain was coming down so hard, I could not see even a hint of the railing on our deck about 10 feet outside our window. We've had other heavy storms, but nothing like that. The other heavy storms slowed things down, and maybe had a drop for a minute or two. A normal rain is not even noticeable in our internet performance.

 

[LouNY]

A light rain doesn't bother mine, a moderate one will definitely slow it down, and a heavy one will case it to loose service.
I've lost service a half a dozen times from rain or snow, for any wheres from 10 minutes to almost a half hour.

 

[K5lwq]

Unfortunately, I have not had much rain to deal with yet but fully expect to see outages. We need rain!

The outages I see now are more network issues and no signal received than anything else. Normally 2 to 16 seconds at a time. A couple of times I saw no interruption in the past 12 hours but that is rare. But I have yet to have a problem that interrupted our normal internet activity.

I am very happy with SL so far. I never dreamed we could have reliable internet here. Worth every penny to me.

 

[LouNY]

It is much faster most of the time and a bit more reliable then the line of sight wireless system I used to use.

 

[sodamo]

I think SL lose due to rain is much like my PV, more a factor of the cloud cover/density. Most days I get a full charge even with rain, but occasionally I can see real degradation even if rain seems light.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I have been on the wait list since feb 2021. I was looking online at the accessories. It looks like the longest cable to connect the dish is 100 feet. How are you all overcoming that limitation. I was hoping to mount it on a post or pole in the front yarrd/field. With the wind we get here, mounting on the roof seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[K5lwq]

I have been on the wait list since feb 2021. I was looking online at the accessories. It looks like the longest cable to connect the dish is 100 feet. How are you all overcoming that limitation. I was hoping to mount it on a post or pole in the front yarrd/field. With the wind we get here, mounting on the roof seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

They have a 150’ cable now you can purchase. It comes with 75’. Not sure what could be done if you need longer.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I have been on the wait list since feb 2021. I was looking online at the accessories. It looks like the longest cable to connect the dish is 100 feet. How are you all overcoming that limitation. I was hoping to mount it on a post or pole in the front yarrd/field. With the wind we get here, mounting on the roof seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

I'm not sure how windy it is where you are, but I'm located on a hilltop and get frequent wind gusts of 50+ MPH.

Like you, I was a bit concerned about mounting the SL dish on the roof. I've had a satellite TV dish up there for many years which has never been damaged. Since the SL dish has a smaller profile, I decided to give it a try. It's been up for 4 months now and through several wind storms with no issues.

I did take one precaution though. Instead of using the SL roof mount, I used the same one that came with the TV dish. It's made of stainless steel and a bit stronger.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XM9DMHW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

The base has holes for 10 bolts and the SL mount only 2.

I also ordered the 150' cable mentioned by K5lwq above.