Testing Starlink in My Car While on the Interstate

Over the last year, we’ve used Starlink on four separate two-week trips to the Caribbean. πŸŒ΄β›΅ It has worked flawlessly, whether we were sailing underway or anchored, with the dish mounted on our catamaran’s cockpit.


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To test this, we mounted our Starlink dish on my car and drove 25+ minutes on the interstate and back. πŸš— The dish was secured to the roof with a TrioMount and Seersucker suction cups, giving it a slight forward angle. The Ethernet cable ran from the dish to the WiFi router and power adapter inside the car, which was powered by a 2200-watt EcoFlow DELTA 2 Portable Power Station. πŸ”Œ

For the test, I put my phone in airplane mode, then turned on WiFi and Bluetooth. Without any help, I turned on Spotify and called my buddy Steve during the drive, which lasted almost an hour, including a lunch break at Hard Eight BBQ. πŸ” The system only lost connection when I went under an overpass.

I monitored the performance using the Starlink app’s advanced Speedtest page and recorded about 73 Mbps download speed while traveling at 70 mph. πŸ“Ά The WiFi call to Steve was excellent. πŸ‘

Our conclusions:
1. We can use Starlink during hunting trips where internet access is usually limited or spotty. πŸ•οΈ
2. If we ever charter a powercat instead of a sailboat, we can still rely on Starlink for fast and reliable internet access. 🚀
3. If we exceed Starlink’s speed or distance limits, we would need to switch from unlimited data to priority data, which costs $2 per gigabit. πŸ’΅

At the end of the video, I include a short description of the equipment I used for this test. πŸŽ₯

Starlink proved to be a robust solution, even under unconventional conditions! πŸŒπŸš€

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