I would think that if Jack-of-all-Trades Paul has a 99.9% uptime in his service, then he's probably beating a LOT of other facilities in the lower 48.Paul is officially the Lordbuckethead of McGrath Alaska. All bow to the Buckethead!
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You're right. All hail Lord Buckethead of McGrath!I would think that if Jack-of-all-Trades Paul has a 99.9% uptime in his service, then he's probably beating a LOT of other facilities in the lower 48.
I would think that if Jack-of-all-Trades Paul has a 99.9% uptime in his service, then he's probably beating a LOT of other facilities in the lower 48.
Nice work, @SomeRadioGuy
Yet, your topic is on-point and immediately worth consideration for others on a shoestring budget.And ive never said what i do is pretty or would fly in the lower 48, but up here.. sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do... when parts are not nearby and expensive to get up here
Yet, your topic is on-point and immediately worth consideration for others on a shoestring budget.
Again, to your listeners, you and others are providing a service. That 99.9% programming uptime equals to only 90 seconds of dead air a day.
I'm certain you're doing much, much better than that.
Nice work, thinking outside the box. Just hope Elon doesn't mess with that like he has with this social media platform.
You're right. All hail Lord Buckethead of McGrath!
Thanks for the invitation, but over the years I've been to Alaska many times for work-related matters. Company I once worked for purchased KTVF in Fairbanks. That wasn't bad, but hitting a moose in my rental car and ending up in the hospital wasn't a good time. Then there was a time where I volunteered to fix a TV translator about 25 miles North of Hughes. Had to be flown into the site with a helicopter, but the weather changed and was stuck waiting for 22 hours before I could get evacuated out. Had the fuse replaced ten minutes after arriving, then waited for pickup the next day.I will wear that title proudly Meant to be a slight dig at me, I get it. .but I don't care!
Im so far from an engineer.. and so on the wrong side of pretty or per4fect when it comes to fixes but i challenge any other engineer to come up here, spend a few weeks here and see what its REALLY like
Thanks for the invitation, but over the years I've been to Alaska many times for work-related matters. Company I once worked for purchased KTVF in Fairbanks. That wasn't bad, but hitting a moose in my rental car and ending up in the hospital wasn't a good time. Then there was a time where I volunteered to fix a TV translator about 25 miles North of Hughes. Had to be flown into the site with a helicopter, but the weather changed and was stuck waiting for 22 hours before I could get evacuated out. Had the fuse replaced ten minutes after arriving, then waited for pickup the next day.
So you can keep that God-forsaken state. I'll watch the video about it on the National Geographic channel.
I'm curious though what prevents using a point to point STL there? Seems overall that would be a less costly option but you must have a reasonWith network priority, users can expect download speeds of up to 220 Mbps, upload up to 25 Mbps, and latency of 25-50 ms
Are you using consumer or business tier StarLink for this?
According to Starlink
I'm curious though what prevents using a point to point STL there? Seems overall that would be a less costly option but you must have a reason
I wonder how something like a AirFiber 5 would work as a IP STL. UISP airFiber 5 GHz Mid-Band Bridge - Ubiquiti Store United States
These are 5 Ghz so less prone to RainFade that can easily happen with their 24 GHz ones. Also license free.
Good point. Perhaps I've forgot just how remote you are up there. Sounds line of sight is tricky.LOL really?
RF based STL spread out over 100-150 miles of rugged, cold, mountainous terrain with no power, no facilities, no nothing? and if somethign crapped the bed, getting to one site would bust our budget for the year after just 2 or 3 visits?
Starlink antennas already have built in automatic heaters/snow melter.I wonder how well the starlink can melt snow and prevent build up Supposedly tho it just puts the radios to full power.
Good point. Perhaps I've forgot just how remote you are up there. Sounds line of sight is tricky.
I wonder how well the starlink can melt snow and prevent build up Supposedly tho it just puts the radios to full power.
Good to see. From what i understand ViaSat in general is garbage, Well most sat IP data with awful latency and high costs, So Starlink is a massive upgrade.Works fine. Ran just fine this past winter
Wow, what an attitude-filled, somewhat condescending answer to a guy who wasn't necessarily questioning your business practices (and even gave a smiley) but who seemed genuinely interested in different alternative methods of delivery. Those types of 'discussions' are generally encouraged on these types of sites. Also, remember that few here if any are thoroughly familiar with the types of conditions in the 49th state. Maybe use this as an opportunity to educate others rather than just being dismissive when someone asks a general question.LOL really, @pclover ?
RF based STL spread out over 100-150 miles of rugged, cold, mountainous terrain with no power, no facilities, no nothing? and if somethign crapped the bed, getting to one site would bust our budget for the year after just 2 or 3 visits?
wouldnt say its garbage...... its better than youd expect but not as good as youd hope for. latency was way more than 700 ms really.Good to see. From what i understand ViaSat in general is garbage, Well most sat IP data with awful latency and high costs, So Starlink is a massive upgrade.
Running a STL on 500ms+ latency must have been painful. Probably more like 600ms+
Wow, what an attitude-filled, somewhat condescending answer to a guy who wasn't necessarily questioning your business practices (and even gave a smiley) but who seemed genuinely interested in different alternative methods of delivery. Those types of 'discussions' are generally encouraged on these types of sites. Also, remember that few here if any are thoroughly familiar with the types of conditions in the 49th state. Maybe use this as an opportunity to educate others rather than just being dismissive when someone asks a general question.