Jim you can program the dish to go flat. ?We have found that position to be rock solid and also less of an energy hog. ?As for that crossing we waited for modest conditions as that can be a very treacherous area if the seas kick up. ? The other thing up in British Columbia is you don¡¯t sail in the dark due to the floating and submerged logs. They could wreck your day.
We usually connect pretty quickly, but candidly, with lithium and solar we leave it on most of the time. ?We almost always are motoring near the end of a passage as well so that helps our battery bank along wit hour 170 amp alternator.
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On Feb 26, 2025, at 8:29?AM, Jim Starkey via groups.io <Jim@...> wrote:
What were the sea conditions?? We found that acquisition was time
consuming or even impossible with rough seas, though once
acquired, we never lost the connection.
My guest, for the gen 2 at least, the startup phase where the
dish is rapidly looking around for satellite, doesn't like the
least bit on instability.? But once it has an internal satellite
map, it knows exactly where to look.? [The Starlink secret sauce
is that rather than moving antenna, it electronically steers a
number of transmitting elements.]
On 2/26/2025 11:15 AM, David Lochner
via groups.io wrote:
We lost it crossing from Nova Scotia to Mount Desert Island Maine.
?We expect to lose service when we cross over to the Bahamas.
?Interesting that you had service 49 nm from shore. I¡¯m not sure
how Starlink computes the offshore distance. Then again they are
forever changing plans and coverages.
j
Dave
Second Star
S362 #113
Fair Haven, NY/Lake Ontario
On Feb 26, 2025, at 10:55?AM, Allison Lehman via
groups.io
<allisonleh@...> wrote:
Dave when we went to Haida Gwai we had
service for about 49 miles offshore. ?That particular
crossing that we chose was the shortest, 86 nm.
?Service came back on about 5 miles from the island
Allison Lehman
Swiftsure Yachts
510 912-5800 cell
510 860-4640 fax
?
We have a Gen 3 with a 12v to 54v DC converter and
the Roam plan. Works well within ~12 miles of
shore. ?Outside of that limit there is a per
gigabyte rate that you can opt into until retiring
to shore.
Dave
Second Star
S362 #113
Fair Haven, NY/Lake Ontario
On Feb 25, 2025, at 9:35?PM, Scott
Johnson via groups.io
<socarrat99@...>
wrote:
I also need starlink to work from
the boat in the San Juans and Gulf
Islands this summer.? Of those of you
who use Starlink do you use the
standard or the mini? Thanks,
?
Scott Johnson
Socarrat - S362, #136
Gig Harbor, WA
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Allison
S426 Kingfisher
SF Bay/Pacifc Northwest
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Jim Starkey,
AmorphousDB, LLC
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Allison
S426 Kingfisher
SF Bay/Pacifc Northwest
