Starlink RV setup

Getting a usable link at a campsite

Campsites punish one assumption: that the dish can just sit wherever you parked. The pitch you were given was chosen for the vehicle, not for the sky — and the difference between a working setup and a frustrating one is usually twenty metres and a bit of walking.

Do it in that order. First find the clear sky on foot, looking up from where you would stand, then decide what has to move to get the dish there. If the clear patch is behind the rig, a freestanding tripod placed there beats every clever roof arrangement, because it needs no fixing, no ladder, and nothing to undo when you leave.

Power is the second constraint. Either you have mains on the pitch and it is a non-issue, or you are running off the leisure battery or a power station — and in that case the question is hours, not peak draw. Size it off-grid before you need it rather than at dusk on the first evening.

Then pack it so it survives the trip: cable coiled loosely, connectors out of the crush zone, dish on a flat surface. Most RV kit does not break in use — it breaks in transit.