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Thank you so very much 😊🎉

Thanks for the excellent explanation Paul. We had Out There Internet installed in our camper and I’m starting to get the hang of it. It’s a similar setup to the Nighthawk but you can use 2 sims and pick the best signal at your campsite. Most of the information on this whole subject is very hard to find. I have the phone towers app and I loved your little tutorial on how to read the data of each tower. The mystery of sourcing good data internet is real.

The mobile signal is what it is, a middle booster cannot improve it it only gives an increased hotspot in a small area around the transmitter. Forget about Optus use Telstra or any Telstra carrier such as Aldi. We changed from Optus to Aldi and found driving north to central Queensland where we had no signal before for 700 km we almost had full coverage for the entire inland road (on a $25 Aldi sim). Moranbah, a town of over 10 000 had zero coverage on Optus and 4 bars on Aldi. And the Aldi data not used is rolled over. We are on a normal pension so expensive internet over and above our phone costs are avoided. We even stream Netflix and RU-vid with no issues. Just my 2 cents worth. Great channel by the way.

Thanks Paul for the info now I've got another app to download for the phone keep up the good work

Very good and comprehensive and informative. Thank you for making time to do this. It helped me a great deal

Very well explained and very informative, thank you 👍

Very helpful. Thanks for this.

Forget about 4G, Starlink is now Australia wide, and 50% off until the new years including the RV plan. I have been using Starlink since it was available here in Australia, and I highly recommend it. I'm about to enable the RV plan (extra $30pm) which allows you to use it anywhere, its not tied to a physical address like the normal plan.

Thanks good information. I see more and more people who work on the road moving to Starlink which now covers Australia. They say that they have much more freedom for remote travel and working remote with Starlink. We don't work on the road but have Cel fi units in both the car and the van with upgraded aerials which while not perfect it is much better than not having Cel Fi. The aerial app is good info and what we find is like you if we are in a town there might be good signal but peak times too many are online and nobody gets anything. We recently camped at a festival of 5,000 campers and the day before everyone came the internet was fast but once the campers came it stopped as too many were on. Since we don't work going remote and no signal is a bit of a break but do have a sat phone in case. Thanks again.

Good information. Sounds like you spent about 5k to get to the best solution. Thank you now the rest can just buy the nighthawk.

Thank you

We have just ordered Starlink with the special they had on. Once we cut off our Nighthawk & Satellite phone (together cost more than Starlink per month), we won’t have the frustration of internet issues again!

Even though operators like Aldi or Amaysim etc use either Optus or Telstra networks - the major carriers don't allow access to all their entire infrastructure so coverage can be compromised

I liked your pole for the poyting antenna , what’s it called and where did you buy it?

Thankyou for your explanation in a fashion I could get my head around....so hard to find the info I am after on the web and i am yet to front up to a Telstra store with my queries. Can I ask you please you if a normal SIM from a mobile phone (assuming it is the correct size - nano etc) can be used in the Nighthawk or does it have to be a dedicated data SIM? You mentioned swapping Telstra and Optus SIMS, but not sure on this point?

Did you need to also buy a modem to operate the nighthawk? That may be a dumb question but, hey, when it comes to WiFi tech nothing is certain for me…

I went through the same process. Essential fitted the RV wifi unit. Worked ok at home when testing it. But out on the road it was marginal. Contacted RV Wifi about it. They asked for it back for a firmware update. We got it back, set up. No change in performance. Then I did the RU-vid research thing. Ended up with the Testra Nighthawk M6 Pro. In the van it was hit and miss. Bought an $85 external antenna for it, one that looks a bit like a cross. Marginal improvement Then we got the same external antenna as yours. I got a pool pole (for skimming the pool). I clamped a length of 50mm PVC pipe to one of the van’s rear manually handling handles (like someone can move a 3t van by themselves). The antenna head is clamped to the pool pole and extended out from the PVC pipe. I then use AUS Phone towers to get a fix on the best 4/5G tower. Works well. The Nighthawk runs on a high output PD outlet with the battery removed. That is supposed to make it perform better and for longer without overheating.

Your journey through the various options is very helpful. Do you thing that the Nighthawk could be substituted by any modem that has an external antenna?

Have you tried Starlink with the new cowfish system.

Enjoying your utube posts. What oh do for work?

The RFshop have a youtube channel that explains the signal problem and has affordable solutions that work. It has helped us make a informed decision for our setup.

Quite a journey to get internet even without leaving home.

we use cel-fi go for the car while driving to boost our phones but we now use Starlink RV . for internet and the speeds are unreal anywhere in in australia a class above anything else