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#3369600 1-May-2025 17:16

fated:

can someone tell me what the extra charge per GB is currently on the Roam 50Gb plan? Considering doing away with Sat TV on my boat (because my currnt unit is faulty) and switching over to starlink

It was $3/GB when I had that plan earlier this year.

For the 10GB plan I have now, it's $4/GB. I don't know if they've changed the rate for the 50GB plan, or if the 10GB one just has more expensive overage. I'd guess the latter.

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#3369638 1-May-2025 22:12

$2 per GB overage on the roam 50 plan.

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#3369679 2-May-2025 09:28

Thanks, also can the standard dish be powered off 12 volt supply without using an inverter? And what would be the likely performance difference between the standard and mini dish?

I would probably prefer the standard dish with the seperate router anyway but also prefer not to use an inverter.

edit: query about performance relates to the boat being anchored and swinging or rocking also some use may be whilst moving.

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#3369688 2-May-2025 09:54

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Thanks, also can the standard dish be powered off 12 volt supply without using an inverter? And what would be the likely performance difference between the standard and mini dish?

Not out of the box - it needs a higher voltage than that. However, Starlink does provide this DC power supply accessory that will boost the voltage, or you could build one.

The mini does support 12V power out of the box, and also draws significantly less power (mine typically pulls between 19 and 24 watts when powered directly from 12V). Performance is definitely not as good as the standard dish, but is still plenty good enough. I've never seen it below 100mbits/sec down and 20mbits/sec up, and often it's notably higher than that.

The mini can definitely be used while in motion, and this works quite well. I haven't tried it with the kind of swaying motion you'd see in a boat, but it functions well when sitting on the car dashboard while driving, so I imagine it'll likely be fine. Unsure how well the standard one copes with movement.

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#3369935 2-May-2025 14:13

Thanks Erayd and coffeebaron, exactly the info I needed

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#3370020 2-May-2025 15:42

There are DC to DC options with the propriatory plug on the end available on alixpress. Not tried one but it looks to use the same design DC to DC converter as people used with their DIY solutions where they hacked up the supplied starlink cable.

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#3370054 2-May-2025 18:07

Erayd:

fated:

Thanks, also can the standard dish be powered off 12 volt supply without using an inverter? And what would be the likely performance difference between the standard and mini dish?

Not out of the box - it needs a higher voltage than that. However, Starlink does provide this DC power supply accessory that will boost the voltage, or you could build one.

The mini does support 12V power out of the box, and also draws significantly less power (mine typically pulls between 19 and 24 watts when powered directly from 12V). Performance is definitely not as good as the standard dish, but is still plenty good enough. I've never seen it below 100mbits/sec down and 20mbits/sec up, and often it's notably higher than that.

The mini can definitely be used while in motion, and this works quite well. I haven't tried it with the kind of swaying motion you'd see in a boat, but it functions well when sitting on the car dashboard while driving, so I imagine it'll likely be fine. Unsure how well the standard one copes with movement.

I have tested my Mini on 12v and it Hates it! as soon as i use a boost converter to 24v it runs with out a problem, i use myne in bridge mode with a HAP-AX2 also running on 24v and i have seen 300-350+Meg down.

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#3370055 2-May-2025 18:24

acsylaa:

I have tested my Mini on 12v and it Hates it! as soon as i use a boost converter to 24v it runs with out a problem, i use myne in bridge mode with a HAP-AX2 also running on 24v and i have seen 300-350+Meg down.

Can you clarify what you mean by "hates it"? It is rated to operate at that voltage (although they do get a little noisy when the voltage is that low), and they work perfectly on that. If yours doesn't, it may be faulty.

One thing to bear in mind is that it does need 12V at the actual starlink device. If you try to feed it though an overly long or overly thin cable, it'll lose some voltage due to resistance in the cable, and if you're running it right at the bottom of the rated range (which 12V is), there's not much leeway for that kind of loss - if the voltage at the starlink end of the cable ends up much below 12V when under load, then the starlink won't be stable. If you're using 12V, then keep the cable short, and not too thin, and it'll work fine.

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#3370077 2-May-2025 22:34

Erayd:

Can you clarify what you mean by "hates it"? It is rated to operate at that voltage (although they do get a little noisy when the voltage is that low), and they work perfectly on that. If yours doesn't, it may be faulty.

One thing to bear in mind is that it does need 12V at the actual starlink device. If you try to feed it though an overly long or overly thin cable, it'll lose some voltage due to resistance in the cable, and if you're running it right at the bottom of the rated range (which 12V is), there's not much leeway for that kind of loss - if the voltage at the starlink end of the cable ends up much below 12V when under load, then the starlink won't be stable. If you're using 12V, then keep the cable short, and not too thin, and it'll work fine.

All my testing was done when i first go it, i was testing on a 20AH lithium battery 12-13v it booted up and would come online, but would reboot constantly, even when putting it under load, voltage and current were consistent through out when i was testing it, i even dropped the Router turned of heat and all that and still same issues, but as soon as i add a boost converter to the mix i was fine.

I checked everything on that, connections and all even voltage and loading at the plug and it just doesn't like anything around 12v, i have yet to increase the voltage slightly and see where its sweet spot is as i just use the 12-24v boost converter instead.

It really only gets used when we are camping or out on the job and i need a connection for what ever reason.

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#3370081 2-May-2025 23:17

That definitely sounds faulty. The kind of behaviour you're describing is consistent with what it does when powered with a supply that cannot sustain 12V at the dish under load... but given you say you've tested that, I wonder if you've just gotten a dud unit. 12V is firmly within spec and it should have no issues there. Even 11V works on mine and stays stable, albeit 11V is right on the very edge of what it'll cope with before it misbehaves.

Do you care enough to get it replaced? That should be a warranty swap, if you do care. Although if you're happy with the boost converter, you may not mind.

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#3385046 17-Jun-2025 12:33

I havent yet been able to buy the 10GB roam plan for the mini I own yet it shows under the residential plan I have ?

bit bizzare

I thought it might appear after my first month payment which it didnt

I am a low mobile user and don't need expensive plans so it will get cancelled till I need it

wierd as I was 99% sure it was open to Mini users too ??

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#3385116 17-Jun-2025 18:17

zl4plm:

I was 99% sure it was open to Mini users too ??

It is. My dish is a mini, and I have had it on that plan since March 26th.

No idea why you can't see it available for your one. Might be worth logging a ticket with the billing team maybe?

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#3385121 17-Jun-2025 18:44

Did you get your Mini on a special deal?

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#3385135 17-Jun-2025 18:57

coffeebaron:

Did you get your Mini on a special deal?

Yep. $324 in January 😁

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#3385153 17-Jun-2025 21:12

Hi just to say I recently I stalled a Starlink mini for a client in a paddock on a fence post with a standard sky wineguard type hockey mast at the top. Used 2.0mm DC cable for the first 50m and passive Poe for the last 30m fed from the stock 30v Starlink Mini power supply, all worked just fine.

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