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Scott Francis

@csfranc.is
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Enjoys programming, touching grass, building stuff. Principal Engineer @ Wealthsimple. Ex-Shopify.

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Scott Francis @csfranc.is · 09/11/2024
🍂 Finally, I had to find a new home for the dish once the dock was brought in for the winter. During the summer there are too many trees (and leaves) around the outhouse but by the fall, there’s enough of a clearing for the dish to work well enough. It’s not as good as the dock, but good enough!
Photo of an outhouse with a Starlink dish mounted on the roof.
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Scott Francis @csfranc.is · 09/11/2024
I settled on putting it on the dock. One downside is that the coverage is not _perfect_, but is good enough for my kids to play online games without complaining about high ping. Another is having to relocate the dish when the dock is pulled in at the end of the season. But it worked!
Photo of Starlink dish mounted on a lakefront dock.Screenshot of a Starlink obstruction map with slight obstruction to the north east.
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Scott Francis @csfranc.is · 09/11/2024
🌳To address the trees: I had an arborist visit to investigate mounting it in a tree. This would give me perfect coverage, but ultimately I thought it would be too hard to maintain (or fix if something went wrong). And potential lightning strikes!
Picture of trees with a red arrow pointing at the candidate tree to mount the Starlink dish in.
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