Thread: All things STARLINK

I missed this thread. I bought a MINI when they were just released last year. Did a 2 week trip through the simpson. Mounted it on the roof with a 3d printed mount and powered by USB-C and it worked great. Like total game changer. Taking calls in the middle of the desert while driving is next level. Only issue was 2a of power draw PH, and a monster fight with carplay in the car because you can only have your phone connected to one WIFI network at a time. The first one it is what it is. The second problem I'm aware of a work around but It's not really my problem as I don't have a carplay unit in my car.

Since then I've had it paused until now when I need to apparently pay $8.5 a month. Oh well. It's still better than satphones.

And now with Apple offering emergency satellite support, and Telstra offering Starlink texting I feel as though I've got suitable redundancy.

Pic showing the extra cable pass thru


Power isn't an issue with fob controlled relay.
That enables us to turn it on/off as required.

Plenty of solar on the vehicle to keep it all under control anyway