All things STARLINK

Anecdotally (I have yet to test it properly myself) yes. If they have the dish preferably outside with a clear view of the sky it will work with normal road speeds. The thing is anything that is in the view will cause interruptions. So on large open sections of road without any overgrowth (nularbour) it will do just fine. Cruising through dense vegetation and it will work like the proverbial excrement.

To watch youtube video's it will probably work just well enough to suffer through. When not watching in 4k youtube buffers a healthy amount of data to handle the dropouts. For something like instagram, (god forbid) tiktok and other endless doomscrolling apps it will work a lot worse since those do no preload and buffer a lot at all so you need to have a nearly always on connection.

I currently have my gen 2 dishy pointed at the tree line and dropouts still occur although it has gotten much better. What you will find is you scroll down and nothing loads for seconds at a time :( Kids are not known to be patient BUT if they can handle it and adjust their internet behaviour, ie watch something on youtube, it'll be fine!

The download function on amazon is also a good thing. They can download something on the ipad to watch later when they have reception. Direct streaming will fail a lot of the time do to timeouts (see my previous post(s))

Cheers,
-P

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Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Right, daughter and hubby are doing the big circle with 2 pre teen daughters who have ipads, especially for those longer journeys with not a lot to see.
If they install a satellite communication system, either in the van, (or probably more flexible in the car?), does it operate successfully while traveling as well as when camped?

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It certainly does!

I have Gen 4 Starlink at home and a Mini on the D4 for travel.

I mounted to the D4 as when we go driving away from camp, we desire the communications if needed.

Mines wired via a Step Up to get it to 30v as 12v can be flakey / unreliable.

I also have a key fob remote to power it on/off whilst inside the van so we don't need it burning (~2ah) when not needed and don't have to go out to turn it on.

This is the mount mine is in, complete with protective cover to prevent damage to the top.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fb56ca9e30.jpg

Ignore the cable hanging off the back - that was during testing, it's now run through a decktite fitting for a clean install.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

It certainly does!

I have Gen 4 Starlink at home and a Mini on the D4 for travel.

I mounted to the D4 as when we go driving away from camp, we desire the communications if needed.

Mines wired via a Step Up to get it to 30v as 12v can be flakey / unreliable.

I also have a key fob remote to power it on/off whilst inside the van so we don't need it burning (~2ah) when not needed and don't have to go out to turn it on.

This is the mount mine is in, complete with protective cover to prevent damage to the top.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fb56ca9e30.jpg

Ignore the cable hanging off the back - that was during testing, it's now run through a decktite fitting for a clean install.

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Would you mind posting enclosure details Tombie? Also, what's the roof mounted electrical fitting - I haven't seen those before.

As the Starlink does get warm when in use is enclosing it as you have done albeit with some airflow underneath as I gather the base isn't sealed, cause any long term affects to either performance or lifespan due to getting too hot especially in midsummer when stationary in full sun?

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Originally Posted by John_D4

Would you mind posting enclosure details Tombie? Also, what's the roof mounted electrical fitting - I haven't seen those before.

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This is the mount

Starlink Roof Mount for Starlink Mini | Durable & Secure | Aussie Made

And this is the cable gland

Customizable IP68 Multi-Cable Seal – Marine-Grade for Campervans & Caravans
– Campervan Builders

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Originally Posted by oka374

As the Starlink does get warm when in use is enclosing it as you have done albeit with some airflow underneath as I gather the base isn't sealed, cause any long term affects to either performance or lifespan due to getting too hot especially in midsummer when stationary in full sun?

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The Starlink is designed for in sun use, the supporting ?cage? has quite a lot of breathing area.

Even in direct sun, and in use, it's showing no signs of issue. The units can heat to remove snow etc and get far warmer doing that than sitting there in the sun.

The company making the mount do recommend using a white cover in high temp / sunlight environments.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

This is the mount

Starlink Roof Mount for Starlink Mini | Durable & Secure | Aussie Made

And this is the cable gland

Customizable IP68 Multi-Cable Seal ? Marine-Grade for Campervans & Caravans
? Campervan Builders

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Thanks Tombie

Your gland is different to that link, is yours an older model?

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Originally Posted by John_D4

Thanks Tombie

Your gland is different to that link, is yours an older model?

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I have 2 on the roof now.

The one in the original picture and the one linked is located behind it now (no new pics at the moment)

About the heat, I would still think the all black would heat up a lot more... But hey, if it works :)

I also wonder how the wifi performs with so much metal between it and the user. I had my mini up on the tin roof of my current residence and it performed awful. With about 5m between starlink mini and my mac pro (which has the wifi antenna on the top) I got horrible performance. Maybe its just my unit?

Lastly but perhaps I should've said firstly: starlink is changing het pause feature for the mini's only it seems:

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To opt-in, click Confirm Standby Mode and follow the steps below before 13/09/2025. If no action is taken, your paused service line will be cancelled.

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ie. when you purchase a starlink mini with the intention to use it during your vacation and pause it for the remainder of the year, tough luck. The only option left will be to pay 60 bucks per year to keep it going or cancel it completely and re-register which means that you need to reapply effectively and that could mean that you won't be connected in very busy area's etc. as I read it.

Cheers,
-P

Why cancel it? A great safety net for $8.50 and still allows things like messaging and calls.
I take advantage of it for my dash cams, monitoring is now live 24/7

There is minimal interference and as I type this it's on at the front of my driveway and I'm connected to it in my workshop 30 meters away in the back yard.

Tested out the back of Yunta, and parked 10 meters from my van, had faultless streaming of Netflix on the vans TV [emoji41]

It certainly doesn't seem to suffer from heat, inside the housing it's only supported on the edges and has a large air gap all around it.

Like I mentioned, it's been faultless in my application.

Wife loves that when on long haul drives, she has iPad streaming and headphones on whilst I have all my streaming audio, even well outside the 5g/4g network.