Driver Ticketed for Starlink Dish on Hood

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24 points·saluki··6 comments

> The motorist told CHP that they used the antenna to get Wi-Fi service for a business they operate out of the car.

I'm very intrigued at what kind of business a person could be running out of their car that requires a cable broadband-like internet connection while travelling down the freeway. Even if it was one of the handful of valid reasons I could come up with, that dish would have been better mounted on the roof and raised far less suspicion.

Also pretty sure starlink doesn't work if moved out of the registered location. Satellite are programmed to deliver connections to specific areas. Normal mobile broadband is sufficient for any mobile needs, this case is entirely absurd.

Starling satellites are not geosync orbits. They are selling them for planes and boats, SpaceX has been installing them on the starship prototypes.

So yes, these satellites support moving ground stations as they orbit at ~25k km/h in LEO

> CHP added that the motorist replied: “Only when I make right turns.

Uh, pretty sure it would be more cardinal direction dependent.

Also not sure why they did not just bolt it to the CR's roof. The car's windshield would obviously block the dish in certain situations currently.

It is usual practice to put them on the roof. We had one for TV in my parents campervan. This one was manually adjustable and a big pain to orient to the east.

of all places, why the middle of the damn hood?

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