Starlink installed INSIDE the Cybertruck

[Gigahorse]

Good point of view..




however I have considered this simply for GPS guarantee. Significantly reduces the chances of getting lost/stranded without a way to call for help.

phone/watch/Garmin work well. Man-Portable sattelite connect is icing on the cake

Also good for emergency communication when way out.

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[SentinelOne]

Also good for emergency communication when way out.

yeah, added that to my post above - some areas in CO where we ride dirt bikes = dead zone, having comms is a good thing and I'd rather have voice vs. 1 line text messages on a sat messenger

 

[NitroScot]

Making good use of the megadash and still room for a Pizza!

Maybe we bake a pizza in the front dash on a hot day.

 

[Gigahorse]

Maybe we bake a pizza in the front dash on a hot day.

NOW we are talking. Need a solar pizza oven or lack of tint on the windshield on one side cooking up a pie, while starlink streams a youtube video of how to make it, all from the MEGADASH

 

[charliemagpie]

It's mid-March, and still no video of anyone frying an egg on the bonnet.

 

[Woodrick]

Starlink transmission links between the satellite and ground use the KA and KU frequency bands - roughly, police radar and radar detector frequencies. Radar detectors (and Starlink antennas) work through the windshield because glass that isn't metallic coated is transparent to those frequencies - no attenuation, no surprise...

There is a special (and, naturally, especially expensive), wide field of view antenna designed for moving vehicles.

Starlink antennas are designed to operate at 122 degrees F and the storage temp range is always higher, so no danger there. I'd be more worried about that antenna flying off the dash like a missile when the driver gets really frisky with the go-pedal....

Dashs get a LOT hotter than 122F. A LOT!

I've had many GPSs that were dash mounted that do a temp shutdown when the car shuts down.

 

[cybercoffee]

I wonder if anyone's tried this with a high performance dish. it wouldn't be cheap but how awesome would it be to go off-roading and have internet (and map data) when out in the boonies? I guess I'd have to do some measuring/estimating to figure out if the tilted HP dish would wedge ok on the front part of the dash.

were there any details on how the dish itself was secured to keep it from sliding? I watched the whole X video but I don't think he talked about it...

 

[tmeyer3]

2m APRS amateur band can do calls/texts and such well outside of normal cell coverage for much much cheaper. Starlink seems overkill/expensive for emergencies.

Though I'll probably do this eventually too! I want Internet while camping ?

 

[Outdoors]

2m APRS amateur band can do calls/texts and such well outside of normal cell coverage for much much cheaper. Starlink seems overkill/expensive for emergencies.

Though I'll probably do this eventually too! I want Internet while camping ?

I see it often on remote road work. I pulled off and asked one day. They said it is to organize hauling and delivery, but the big reason was to get help in an emergency. Outside of cell phone range for 35 miles each way. We are lifeflight people out here. We can't afford 30 min to call for help. VOIP works much better than Satphones. I can only get my Sat Phone to have about 15 minute conversations before it clips to the next sat to start over.

 

[docdailey]

I have a mini on the dash. Works great. Need a better way to route power and solidly mount. Will also wrap

I see it often on remote road work. I pulled off and asked one day. They said it is to organize hauling and delivery, but the big reason was to get help in an emergency. Outside of cell phone range for 35 miles each way. We are lifeflight people out here. We can't afford 30 min to call for help. VOIP works much better than Satphones. I can only get my Sat Phone to have about 15 minute conversations before it clips to the next sat to start over.

 

[area51]

Serious question……

If your going camping it’s to get away from all the daily life garbage, why do you need this?

I'm a neurosurgeon and I need to always be updated on the status of my post-operative patients even if I'm on vacation. Even if I can't be there I have to be able to give the resident team guidance on managing potential patient problems.

 

[BlueLightning]

Looks promising, great idea.

And no active signal coming from the Dish as passive only.

 

[CTInProcess]

I'm a neurosurgeon and I need to always be updated on the status of my post-operative patients even if I'm on vacation. Even if I can't be there I have to be able to give the resident team guidance on managing potential patient problems.

Thank you for your service! It must have been rough to not take vacation prior to Starlink. God Bless Elon!

 

[dalton108]

I'm actually surprised it works through glass at all, I'd imagine the glass would attenuate the signal a bit, so data rates would be slower, and more susceptible to interference, especially whilst driving. Dashboard heat mightvbe another issue, but hey at least its an option, and its fairly safe inside.

I can tell you that it works just fine in that location. I used mine out in Death Valley last winter and the direct sunlight at least that time of year was a non-issue.

While you’re in it running climate you’ll be fine. I definitely wouldn’t leave it in that location unattended and w/o climate control.

 

[area51]

Thank you for your service! It must have been rough to not take vacation prior to Starlink. God Bless Elon!

Yeah for those who aren't in the business you have no idea. I don't even have a Starlink. The atlernative for surgeons is that the patients get managed by other surgeons who didn't perform the surgery while their colleagues are out on vacation. Not optimal. Ask the patients. Interesting you found something funny about it.

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