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awesome video! another way you could have climbed safely is to have two lifeline lanyards to clip in as you climb. also, if you secured the tower to the side of the house with a couple pipes to cross-brace it, it wouldn't shake
Nice, you finally got some decent internet! Although it's MegaBITs not MegaBYTEs a second (8 bits make a byte - it's just a simple way for internet providers to achieve numbers go up) - but even 50Mbps are plenty for everything you normally do online and the upload is very decent. Even the latency is solid 20ms - you could even game with this 😄
- Love your dog bits. - Antenna towers certainly were common years ago. My dad was a tool and die maker. He built a tower hinge on the base of our tower. Built super sturdy and tilted with lots of people help to tilt up and down. One antenna towards Chicago the other South Bend. No climbing necessary 😊 - That house stonework looks amazing, so appropriate with log house.
Holy crap YES it is! I was stuck with 10/1Mb aDSL for $135/mo before I got Starlink! Your speed will stabilize over time but there will still be fluctuations due to environmental conditions and how much my neighbors are using theirs. Mine usually sits between 150Mb and 250Mb. It'll drop down to 75Mb during peak usage or REALLY bad weather and it will spike up to 350-400Mb in optimal conditions.
Way to go. I had almost the same tower in my yard and wanted to do that. After scaling it a few feet, I decided to chop it down and just install a 10' pipe to my chimney. Felt less death wishy. Pretty ballsy Spicer.
With the tower I didn't see if it was grounded but we have a steel windmill out at our cabin and it gets struck by lightning. Probably twice a year and it's down in a valley and before we grounded it it would make one the hell of a noise when it got hit. So I would suggest pounding in a couple of ground rods for that antenna Tower. Plus if you are not using the TV antenna, removing the tv antenna from the tower to give the starlink a better view of the sky and if you really want to give it an even better view, chop the tower off just above the mounting point of the bracket and then reattach the top piece of the tower rod Right there at the dish then know water can get down inside the tower and it maintains its structural integrity. But if you're happy with the speeds you get I would just remove the TV antenna off the top
Great video, Kyle. Appreciate the time you took to show the internet speeds before and after. I think deep down you really like that saddle harness. You had it on for no reason there for a minute! Look forward to the next one!
your test should be close to the starlink router. that way you know what part is the culprit. and Fiber is very cheap, you get a cheap switch that have a sfp+ port and use a cheap SFP... done. im jealous of your starlink antenna, i have an older one that move, it is my secondary internet in case the fiber go down (both working from home!). really really nice install you done... very impressed
Starlink user here since beta, I will tell you my average over the last 2 years has been 70 down, 14 up! The higher speeds you’re experiencing are not normal and will normalize! In our case the best we could get was centurylink @ 2mb/s so either way even at 70 mb/s average is still light years better than what we had!
Generally my comments are to help t b e algorithm more than anything else. I enjoy the content and watch to help it continue. Thank you for what you do.
I hope it works well my son is considering getting Star Link for his house and garage. I'll have him check out this video. I'll be looking forward to the livestreams.
As you bring WiFi devices online you may see drops from your older 2.4 devices. The WiFi from the Starlink combines 5 and 2.4. You can go in to configuration and split that. I had to for my weather station, thermostat and security system. If you are using your old home network with WiFi points, disregard and have a beer.
Jake, looks to trust his gear a lot more 😂. Nice job, glad the tower didn't fall. Thought that would have helped with RUclips stats. The mid week short wa good idea.
If you are on good terms with your neighbor with the Fiber internet, you should try and setup a wireless point to point antenna system. If you can get decent line of sight.
You could still trench and run fiber yourself from your neighbor’s setup. It would be much more reliable and you could just pay your neighbor to split the cost.
I have been using my starlink mini all over the place. It does get a little annoying with the fluctuations in the speed. But having internet in very remote areas is great.
How far away is your neighbor as the crow flies? Are you friendly with them? Any line of site once your way up on your tower? I think a nice wireless bridge between the 2 locations would be cool. You could split the monthly cost of the fiber connection.
I see what you did! Eventually the MACHINES will take over, just ask John Connor. Gee, I wonder who controls "Skynet" now? And who can see all the data that passes through it?
Awesome you got Starlink and great install, nice and neat! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family! ❤️🙏🏼 I bet your girls and the Keystone girl for are excited for Santa Clause! 🎅
Hey I just discovered your channel and love the videos, I'm in IT and would be happy to give you advise if needed on this sort of stuff. You should be seeing higher download speeds and they should generally be pretty stable. Wondering if it may be other bottlenecks elsewhere. Keep it up
Don’t do the speed test when connected via WiFi to your separate router. Connect directly to the Starlink router via WiFi. Also the Starlink app has its own speed test built in. That will remove any limitations of WiFi because the Starlink router is performing a hardwired Speedtest directly to the satellite. Try that and let us know how it goes.
24:26 I'm seeing Megabits not Megabytes per second. Remember the lowercase b it means Megabits the capital B mains Megabytes. Examples MBps Megabyte per second and Mbps Megabit per second.
Kyle, me being an old dinosaur who worked on CATV systems, I'm now oblivious to what you were explaining! Course your prolly half my age and with technology always advancing, you HAVE to stay up with it, or eventually, like me,....you'll be lost. I still tho have, and can read, AND use a glycerine filled compass!
Rhon towers always suck to climb, they have cold galvanized sprayed on them so they're super spiky. Small foot points make the arches of your feet hurt fast. Bumper winch and a split pulley will get you up there faster.
That's a wicked nice bracket you fabbed for the dish. It's super clean overall and better than 99% of the DIY Starlink installs. Was the kit's cable length what prevented you from mounting it at the top of the mast? I'm glad to see you finally have decent Internet! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I'm glad you survived. That was totally the wrong gear for climbing towers :). There's actually a proper harness and belt that's more similar to telephone pole climbing gear. If you search 'tower climbing gear', you'll see what it looks like. The tower looks to be Rohn 25 or similar. I'm not sure I would have climbed that given that you don't know how long it's been installed, if it was installed properly, and if there's any rot in the base section at the concrete. I used to go up and down towers anywhere between 100' and 1000' high about 30 years ago to install and service amateur radio gear. The views from the 1000' towers are freakin' incredible.
Minor point, but your speeds are measured in megabits, not megabytes. 60 megabits is 7.5 megabytes. Or 15 mega nibbles. I find the ladies prefer nibbles to bytes…
If you have a clear line of site, your neighbor and you can set up two dishes and beam internet up to like 15km, some of the ones i have on my farm are 450mb
Who's the fiber ISP? I work for a fiber ISP. We would absolutely not deny someone service if they're beyond our standard drop distance but offered to put in conduit or their own drop cable themselves. However, if it's a PON system in your area, they may have determined that your extended drop would be too far from the splitter and your light level would be too weak.
Pretty much nothing you can't do and do right. Very interesting and informative video. Glad it all worked out. Merry Christmas Kyle to you and your family.
Great video Kyle. This is literally none of my business but I'm always curious on sources of income for RUclipsrs. Obviously there's a lot out there who are making a very solid income from RUclips, but your situation is more compelling/interesting. If I've got this right, you're a qualified electrician, but your main focus is Spicer Designs. But then you have all of these awesome toys and obviously put a tonne of effort into the channel etc. Are you living off fruits of the electrical work or is the design side pulling in the bread? Asking because (a) I love toys but never feel like I can justify them and (b) I work a boring office job and would love to make an exit but giving up an "ok" salary makes me hesitate. Promise I'm not the IRS and understand if you'd rather not say.
You would have been better. Off mounting it to the house because, as the tower and the wind changes.It's going to affect the antenna path back-and-forth to the aperture of it.And other words it doesn't want to be moved around
If that tower is free standing (no guy wires or bracket to the house), it is NOT safe to climb.. I’d rent an aerial lift.. you only has to fall once incorrectly to be crippled for life, don’t cheap out on a safety harness
@ it’s a Rohn 3G tower, guyed or braced to house.. unsupported, it needs a 4-6’ deep foundation, for up to 40’, you don’t know what kind of foundation it has.. up to you, it’s your life, but I would get a bracket and attach it to the house, for wind and safety.
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awesome video! another way you could have climbed safely is to have two lifeline lanyards to clip in as you climb. also, if you secured the tower to the side of the house with a couple pipes to cross-brace it, it wouldn't shake
Nice, you finally got some decent internet! Although it's MegaBITs not MegaBYTEs a second (8 bits make a byte - it's just a simple way for internet providers to achieve numbers go up) - but even 50Mbps are plenty for everything you normally do online and the upload is very decent. Even the latency is solid 20ms - you could even game with this 😄
Yes, lowercase b = bits and uppercase B = bytes 🥃
@@GreenGoose99the more you know
Thanks for revealing a new pet peeve for me. It’s mega bits per second, not mega bytes per second. love you love your show mr spicer LOL 😂
- Love your dog bits.
- Antenna towers certainly were common years ago. My dad was a tool and die maker. He built a tower hinge on the base of our tower. Built super sturdy and tilted with lots of people help to tilt up and down. One antenna towards Chicago the other South Bend. No climbing necessary 😊
- That house stonework looks amazing, so appropriate with log house.
That turned out pretty slick the way you did it with your own custom brackets! Nicely done!👊🏼
You are a brave man. I'm pretty sure I would have rented a lift. It's the spirit of the DIYer and you sir, are the epitome of DIY. Nice job 🤠👍
Thank you! I thought about a lift but i just seeded over there and it would have destroyed it.
@@SpicerDesignsLLC Just a suggestion... you're "we come" 😂
Holy crap YES it is! I was stuck with 10/1Mb aDSL for $135/mo before I got Starlink! Your speed will stabilize over time but there will still be fluctuations due to environmental conditions and how much my neighbors are using theirs. Mine usually sits between 150Mb and 250Mb. It'll drop down to 75Mb during peak usage or REALLY bad weather and it will spike up to 350-400Mb in optimal conditions.
Way to go. I had almost the same tower in my yard and wanted to do that. After scaling it a few feet, I decided to chop it down and just install a 10' pipe to my chimney. Felt less death wishy. Pretty ballsy Spicer.
Hah! Ya i probably should have done that too.
With the tower I didn't see if it was grounded but we have a steel windmill out at our cabin and it gets struck by lightning. Probably twice a year and it's down in a valley and before we grounded it it would make one the hell of a noise when it got hit. So I would suggest pounding in a couple of ground rods for that antenna Tower. Plus if you are not using the TV antenna, removing the tv antenna from the tower to give the starlink a better view of the sky and if you really want to give it an even better view, chop the tower off just above the mounting point of the bracket and then reattach the top piece of the tower rod Right there at the dish then know water can get down inside the tower and it maintains its structural integrity. But if you're happy with the speeds you get I would just remove the TV antenna off the top
It is grounded.
You have the same exact humor as I do. This is definitely my favorite channel.
Good morning Kyle. Nice job on the install!
Great video, Kyle. Appreciate the time you took to show the internet speeds before and after. I think deep down you really like that saddle harness. You had it on for no reason there for a minute! Look forward to the next one!
your test should be close to the starlink router. that way you know what part is the culprit. and Fiber is very cheap, you get a cheap switch that have a sfp+ port and use a cheap SFP... done. im jealous of your starlink antenna, i have an older one that move, it is my secondary internet in case the fiber go down (both working from home!). really really nice install you done... very impressed
Great video Kyle. Nice installation of Starlink. The Langmuir cut brackets are perfect.
Starlink user here since beta, I will tell you my average over the last 2 years has been 70 down, 14 up! The higher speeds you’re experiencing are not normal and will normalize! In our case the best we could get was centurylink @ 2mb/s so either way even at 70 mb/s average is still light years better than what we had!
Great content one of your best produced videos IMHO. Looking forward to your livestreams.
Thank you!
Solid setup! I did something similar at my in-laws house, impressive technology and its only getting better. Your going to be happy with the purchase!
Generally my comments are to help t b e algorithm more than anything else. I enjoy the content and watch to help it continue. Thank you for what you do.
Looking forward to the live stream!!
I hope it works well my son is considering getting Star Link for his house and garage. I'll have him check out this video. I'll be looking forward to the livestreams.
Congrats on the new net set up. If you want to test it out streaming on my show any Saturday night. you are always welcome.
Lol, you should have run fiber. And mega bits per second... :) Looking forward to the live stream!
That was some funny stuff!!! Great job love watching your channel.
As you bring WiFi devices online you may see drops from your older 2.4 devices. The WiFi from the Starlink combines 5 and 2.4. You can go in to configuration and split that. I had to for my weather station, thermostat and security system. If you are using your old home network with WiFi points, disregard and have a beer.
Jake, looks to trust his gear a lot more 😂. Nice job, glad the tower didn't fall. Thought that would have helped with RUclips stats. The mid week short wa good idea.
lol I was totally expecting a Ka-Kaw on top of that tower!
I was going to and forgot.
Great job Spicer!
Nice install! My Starlink fluctuates like yours but I've never come close to the 170s. Still better than cell coverage here.
Great job! Can’t wait for the livestreams.
If you are on good terms with your neighbor with the Fiber internet, you should try and setup a wireless point to point antenna system. If you can get decent line of sight.
No line of site
You could still trench and run fiber yourself from your neighbor’s setup. It would be much more reliable and you could just pay your neighbor to split the cost.
Not trenching 1200’ across my pond dam and neighbor ls front yard to split his internet. Thats why i installed Starlink.
I have been using my starlink mini all over the place. It does get a little annoying with the fluctuations in the speed. But having internet in very remote areas is great.
great job, Kyle, as usual !!!
Great install video Kyle!
How far away is your neighbor as the crow flies? Are you friendly with them? Any line of site once your way up on your tower? I think a nice wireless bridge between the 2 locations would be cool. You could split the monthly cost of the fiber connection.
We talked about it. No line of site and its a good 1000’ away. Good idea though.
Against purchase agreement too.
Looks like loads of fun. I’ve been thinking about upgrading to Skynet myself.
I see what you did! Eventually the MACHINES will take over, just ask John Connor. Gee, I wonder who controls "Skynet" now? And who can see all the data that passes through it?
Whoohoo!! Live streaming coming soon! Awesome video.
We Come :D It was worth the watch for that alone :P
Nice boulder wall. I was a landscaper did alot of the. Good job.
Thank you! Was a lot of work.
Awesome you got Starlink and great install, nice and neat! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family! ❤️🙏🏼 I bet your girls and the Keystone girl for are excited for Santa Clause! 🎅
Hey I just discovered your channel and love the videos, I'm in IT and would be happy to give you advise if needed on this sort of stuff. You should be seeing higher download speeds and they should generally be pretty stable. Wondering if it may be other bottlenecks elsewhere. Keep it up
Don’t do the speed test when connected via WiFi to your separate router. Connect directly to the Starlink router via WiFi.
Also the Starlink app has its own speed test built in. That will remove any limitations of WiFi because the Starlink router is performing a hardwired Speedtest directly to the satellite. Try that and let us know how it goes.
I know that. I specifically was testing the signal in my shop.
Merry Christmas!
Can't wait for a live show.
got it in 4 locations now - worth every penny - Elon is truly the man!!!
24:26 I'm seeing Megabits not Megabytes per second. Remember the lowercase b it means Megabits the capital B mains Megabytes. Examples MBps Megabyte per second and Mbps Megabit per second.
Eres un genio bro! Por eso !! Me caes muy bien 🎉
Kyle, me being an old dinosaur who worked on CATV systems, I'm now oblivious to what you were explaining! Course your prolly half my age and with technology always advancing, you HAVE to stay up with it, or eventually, like me,....you'll be lost. I still tho have, and can read, AND use a glycerine filled compass!
I’d like to request a moose knuckle machine hoodie😂
You might be on to something.
Rhon towers always suck to climb, they have cold galvanized sprayed on them so they're super spiky. Small foot points make the arches of your feet hurt fast. Bumper winch and a split pulley will get you up there faster.
You are right on that one. I got stabbed about four times from the galvanizing.
Fiber in my area practically begged me to run fiber to the pole a mile from the street to my house
That's a wicked nice bracket you fabbed for the dish. It's super clean overall and better than 99% of the DIY Starlink installs. Was the kit's cable length what prevented you from mounting it at the top of the mast? I'm glad to see you finally have decent Internet! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thanks buddy. I installed it as high as i could with the given cable. You are correct. Merry Christmas!
" My dog gets rockets al the time!" LOL!
hah! its starting to become a real problem
Good video bro I enjoyed it
Glad you enjoyed
I'm glad you survived. That was totally the wrong gear for climbing towers :). There's actually a proper harness and belt that's more similar to telephone pole climbing gear. If you search 'tower climbing gear', you'll see what it looks like. The tower looks to be Rohn 25 or similar. I'm not sure I would have climbed that given that you don't know how long it's been installed, if it was installed properly, and if there's any rot in the base section at the concrete. I used to go up and down towers anywhere between 100' and 1000' high about 30 years ago to install and service amateur radio gear. The views from the 1000' towers are freakin' incredible.
Also, that's mega BITS per second. If the 'b' is lower case, it's bits, if it's uppercase then it's bytes.
Good to know
Great video.
On your porch dangling from a string . Is that a hornet nest decoy to keep boring bees away ? Does it work ?
It is. I still get the boring bees so its hard to tell if it works or not. It might be helping.
FYI, MB is megabyte, Mb is Megabit. They are vastly different in speeds. You keep saying Megabyte when you mean Megabit. Very nice install and video.
Ya ill never make that mistake again. Had about 10 comments on it already. Glad you enjoyed it.
Minor point, but your speeds are measured in megabits, not megabytes. 60 megabits is 7.5 megabytes. Or 15 mega nibbles. I find the ladies prefer nibbles to bytes…
so what does your obstruction map look like a few days after install?
If you have a clear line of site, your neighbor and you can set up two dishes and beam internet up to like 15km, some of the ones i have on my farm are 450mb
No line of site. Thats why i installed Starlink.
@SpicerDesignsLLC that sucks about the line of sight. Just food for thought next time. Star link is better then whag you had!!!!
Are you going to leave a referral link in the description?
Its in there.
Who's the fiber ISP? I work for a fiber ISP. We would absolutely not deny someone service if they're beyond our standard drop distance but offered to put in conduit or their own drop cable themselves. However, if it's a PON system in your area, they may have determined that your extended drop would be too far from the splitter and your light level would be too weak.
Were only a quarter mile from one of the term boxes. I dont know why they wouldn’t do it.
Also, the speed your seeing is in megabits, not megabytes.
Speaking of cats. How’s the new cat doing. We all know the girls made you keep it and you can’t say no to them lol
My other neighbor ended up finding it again and kept it.
Pretty much nothing you can't do and do right. Very interesting and informative video. Glad it all worked out. Merry Christmas Kyle to you and your family.
Thanks Roy! Hope you have a Merry Christmas as well
This was exciting. Should have led off with nipple cam
Is “Mount” the word of the video in this one?😂 instead of machine
Machine!
Great video Kyle. This is literally none of my business but I'm always curious on sources of income for RUclipsrs. Obviously there's a lot out there who are making a very solid income from RUclips, but your situation is more compelling/interesting.
If I've got this right, you're a qualified electrician, but your main focus is Spicer Designs. But then you have all of these awesome toys and obviously put a tonne of effort into the channel etc. Are you living off fruits of the electrical work or is the design side pulling in the bread?
Asking because (a) I love toys but never feel like I can justify them and (b) I work a boring office job and would love to make an exit but giving up an "ok" salary makes me hesitate.
Promise I'm not the IRS and understand if you'd rather not say.
You would have been better.
Off mounting it to the house because, as the tower and the wind changes.It's going to affect the antenna path back-and-forth to the aperture of it.And other words it doesn't want to be moved around
bps = bits per second, not Bytes per second
It’s bits not bytes, big diffy there
Coming from dsl, yes
If that tower is free standing (no guy wires or bracket to the house), it is NOT safe to climb.. I’d rent an aerial lift.. you only has to fall once incorrectly to be crippled for life, don’t cheap out on a safety harness
I did some research and those towers are rated to climb. Very common setup.
@ it’s a Rohn 3G tower, guyed or braced to house.. unsupported, it needs a 4-6’ deep foundation, for up to 40’, you don’t know what kind of foundation it has.. up to you, it’s your life, but I would get a bracket and attach it to the house, for wind and safety.
Its over 5’ deep and i spoke with the original builder and verified its all encased in concrete.
No machines?
I know. I freakin dropped the ball. I almost added a random one when editing.
Don’t worry about your privacy, President Elon already had everything on file.
Thats alright, i trust him.
You think Google sells your info can’t imagine Starlink
And everyone else
Year 2030 internet fee and auto insurance same monthly price.
Existing internet CAT connector - LOL, no wonder your speed sucks.
can you actually say a sentence without swearing?
Spotted the keystone in a can cozy @ 27:27. (On top of the silver cabinet.) Do I win anything?😂
Thats a show can.