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Okay, I don't know where else to put this, but I am thinking about how to get Internet in the middle of nowhere.

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this setup is stupid expensive though. the pneumatic mast is like $2000+$2000 shipping from chyna and i cant find locals with price tag.
wont work because any kind of internet slash radio outlet pings like crazy and even if it would be obfuscated somehow the usual radiopirate hunter equipment will ping it even if disabled

more real variant would be just using vast modem network powered by fibre where from the point powered by dish to the point where you receive it which are not linked directly to you and you catch the internet needed by a repeater
 
wont work because any kind of internet slash radio outlet pings like crazy and even if it would be obfuscated somehow the usual radiopirate hunter equipment will ping it even if disabled

more real variant would be just using vast modem network powered by fibre where from the point powered by dish to the point where you receive it which are not linked directly to you and you catch the internet needed by a repeater
Huh?? I'm not hiding from the FCC
 
oh yeah thought it was the matter in the question with all the pneumatic effort

wouldnt it be easier to buy a satelite dish of preference and hook up with small time internet provider? you will get fat pockets of data but universal ping of 150 minimum will be everywhere though, slavs in certain funny warzone do this a lot and they are rather disposable so i feel like saying paying 200$ few times for spares beats 2000 + 2000 at once with same odds being targeted by vandals

even if you lose internet access directly by the whole ordeal getting vandalized the dialup catches up with lines even if very far pretty damn good and usb modem from fucking 2000 was a big help for me generally even as of late
 
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Okay, I don't know where else to put this, but I am thinking about how to get Internet in the middle of nowhere.

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this setup is stupid expensive though. the pneumatic mast is like $2000+$2000 shipping from chyna and i cant find locals with price tag.
I installed directv for a while and I was able to get signal from 95 percent of my installs in Buffalo and upstate New York even with trees around.
The reason I mention New York is as you travel south it gets easier to obtain a signal since the dish needs to be aimed higher to accommodate the position of the satellite in orbit.
By the time you get to Texas the things are practically aimed straight up making trees a non issue unless it's under a canopy.
All I ever really needed was a handheld tool to find the azimuth of the satellite and then check the elevation for clearance. I needed 35 degrees for elevation to hit three different satellites on the directv dish. I did a quick search on starlink and it says it needs 40 degrees for users but didn't state where on earth that applies.
Point being, you can snipe reception through gaps in trees if it really becomes an issue.
 
I installed directv for a while and I was able to get signal from 95 percent of my installs in Buffalo and upstate New York even with trees around.
The reason I mention New York is as you travel south it gets easier to obtain a signal since the dish needs to be aimed higher to accommodate the position of the satellite in orbit.
By the time you get to Texas the things are practically aimed straight up making trees a non issue unless it's under a canopy.
All I ever really needed was a handheld tool to find the azimuth of the satellite and then check the elevation for clearance. I needed 35 degrees for elevation to hit three different satellites on the directv dish. I did a quick search on starlink and it says it needs 40 degrees for users but didn't state where on earth that applies.
Point being, you can snipe reception through gaps in trees if it really becomes an issue.
That's cool for direct TV but if you read the instructions available online for starlink it warns even small obstructions in a 140 degree field of view can cause constant disruptions. I've also owned mine for a year so I know it is not a lie.

Permanent orbit satellites are near equator and that's why direction matters. Starlink is a web of thousands of low orbit satellites 65 times closer to Earth.
 
That's cool for direct TV but if you read the instructions available online for starlink it warns even small obstructions in a 140 degree field of view can cause constant disruptions. I've also owned mine for a year so I know it is not a lie.

Permanent orbit satellites are near equator and that's why direction matters. Starlink is a web of thousands of low orbit satellites 65 times closer to Earth.
:stress:Nothing I can do.
 
Renting eh? It's a real damn shame that starlink puts a fuckton of heavy electronics in their antenna. if it were just the antenna, this would be easy.

That said, what you're looking for in this case is almost certainly a Modular Mobile Surveillance Trailer (MMST), alternatively MST.
The cops use them all the time , just plopping them down at stores to catch shoplifters.

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bet you could find a good deal on some used ones... They make them a lot taller than this too, but they add zeroes to the price real quick.
 
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I just remembered a story I heard that I learned this from:
What you want ro have is pretty similar to those towable generator light towers they use at construction sites.

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That generator is heavy as shit, which is great for counterweight against winds. Many of them have external plugs that let you use the generator for your own stuff too.
These things are WAY more common than police camera towers but are functionally identical. They come in many flavors as well. Just remove those lamps and you have an extendable tower and a generator that is towable.
Depending on where you move you could find one of these in someone's yard that he 'aquired' from work and would be willing to sell.
 
Huh?? I'm not hiding from the FCC
While you are hiding from retards, they know people, who know things.

The high uplink frequency of Starlink makes it a bit more of a challenge but direction finding gear to track RF transmitters is really common. So if someone knows you're using Starlink and a general area where it's not common it would be pretty easy to narrow down the sources. Even easier if they have an aircraft, maybe too much gear for a drone. I'm not sure about how much RF it leaks off axis but it could also have leakage in other frequency bands that could be more easily tracked from ground level.
 
What you want ro have is pretty similar to those towable generator light towers they use at construction sites.
good call. This would work as well, if not better. Looking around you can find a few around for like 2K where I am at.
I bet if you found one stripped of the generator you could get it for less. just fill where the generator was with sand bags.
 
good call. This would work as well, if not better. Looking around you can find a few around for like 2K where I am at.
I bet if you found one stripped of the generator you could get it for less. just fill where the generator was with sand bags.
They show up on equipment auction sites pretty frequently.
These guys show 400+ at their various locations in the US, search term "light tower".
and their companion site

There are other more-local equipment auctions where you'd search for "my state name equipment auction"
 
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How important is it to have frequent physical access to the Starlink boxes? (for hitting reset buttons, cleaning, etc)
 
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@Null would this be a viable option for the antenna?


From the looks of it, all you need is a vehicle with a trailer hitch

Edit: just saw how expensive that particular one is. I'm sure there's cheaper, manual ones

Here's another one that comes with permanent base and a temp one you just screw on the ground

 
Not sure I'd trust the single screw mount.

This guy has some math on the older higher profile antennas and a design.
Simple wood tripod, screw in ground anchors, use a telescoping pole instead and Bob's your uncle. Or make the ground mounts easy to disconnect and tip it over.





For 2 you could make 2 stands or a cross-beam on the top.

Even with current lumber prices still probably pretty cheap.

Although I guess a simple telescoping pole with guy wires on earth anchors would be even easier. There's probably 3000 HAM articles on the Internet about how to do it.
 
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good call. This would work as well, if not better. Looking around you can find a few around for like 2K where I am at.
I bet if you found one stripped of the generator you could get it for less. just fill where the generator was with sand bags.
You could probably go cheaper if you don't care about the generator and find one that is completely busted and it's just a glorified dead weight trailer with a winch-up tower.
Heck you might luck out and find one for a couple hundred bucks that's about to be scrapped for metal.
 
I can't modify the property if I'm renting.
Sometimes you can get what you want just by asking nicely. If you're out in the middle of no where, I can't see why anyone would care. But, anyway...
that is ten thousand dollars.
So you just need a mini trailer with a mast base that is entirely self contained? Just make, buy, build a pole base on one of these.
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Fill a five gallon bucket (or two) with Quickcrete, and a pole sleeve. Tie guy wires off to the trailer rails. Or bolt down a pole base/sleeve to the trailer deck.
I feel like between Tractor Supply, Home Depot, Amazon, and maybe a local welder, this isn't too hard to accomplish.
 
@Null have you ever used the dishy.starlink website? I can't access it anymore but this is what it used to look like : also, sorry for the long ass image. I don't know what I'm doing and I never post. Try dishy.starlink on your PC and see if the website works when you get back and all set up :3
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