I wonder if it's a matter of how long of a melt process you're willing
to accept.
Like maybe 100W keeps the dish clean, but maybe 10W will ensure it melts
at some point so you're not simply broken until the weather changes.
On 3/4/2021 10:57 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
That is gonna take some power. Heavy snow or ice storms. I tried to
build heated radomes for a while. Takes like 100 watts to do it right
or more.
*From:* Steven Kenney
*Sent:* Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:31 AM
*To:* af
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
Found this interesting tidbit I didnt know about
*Snow Melt Mode*
Deployed basic Snow Melt Mode, during which Starlink produces
additional heat to mitigate signal attenuation caused by snow build-up
on the face of the user terminal.
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*To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com>, "Steve Jones" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
*Sent: *Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:03:14 AM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
He's trying to land a Methane filled blimp while ignited! We already
provided this was a bad idea with the Hindenburg.
On 3/3/21 6:50 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
> what part of beta dont people understand? is it because general
> consumers are getting beta and dont actually know what beta is? this is
> the same reason we make people cut trees down now BEFORE we install. we
> used to just install and tell them to cut it. but too many
> people complained about exactly what we told them would happen
happening.
>
> I have faith in starlink, I think in 5 years it will be a whole other
> landscape. Musk seems like one of those guys who thrives on detractors
> and proving people wrong.
>
> But regardless, beta is beta
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 5:15 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com
> <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Ha...
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 3:42 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> wrote:
>
> Tin cans and string will be better than Hughes.
> *From:* Jaime Solorza
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:20 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
> From your mouth to God's ears Chuck on Covid-19...
> unfortunately it's going to take a step backwards in Texas..
> I heard some ranchers near Big Bend want to switch from Hughes
> to Starlink ...my friend does IT work for several of them...
> curious to see how well it works.
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 1:39 PM Chuck McCown via AF
> <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
>
> I think that they are going to find more than enough
> customers in hard to serve locations that they will not
> encroach on the better served areas too much. I am always
> an optimist. BTW, Covid will be done in a month...
> *From:* Colin Stanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:50 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
> Starlink *BETA* . Maybe they're simulating load of a few
> hundred, or a thousand, customers on each bird to prepare
> for when it's actually busy. (based on the "20Gbps" capacity
> per sat)
> Considering the amount of effort and design that goes into
> such a massive and complex system, people should be thankful
> that it's working with a good-enough uptime right now.
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:47 AM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com>
> wrote:
>
> Already hearing from folks who have the service that
> they’re seeing dips below 15Mbps, and this at light
> loads with few customers, we’ll see how this scales. Or
> doesn’t. Are others in different geographies seeing
similar?
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