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Let there be...

Originally posted by: Rubycon
RADAR!

Watching that fall while sailing towards the Turks and Caicos islands today. 😛
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I just got back in from knocking that crap off the bamboo. It was just about on the ground with snow.
 
Thanks for the link in your first post Ruby...as someone already asked...what kind of vessel is that you're on?
 
Hehe, I feel better that there is another AT'er currently at sea. I'm just a tad bit more south than that :beer: cheers to a fellow sailor!
Are you under the Ku-band or C-band for internets? If you say ku-band, ohhh man I feel even more sorry for you.
 
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
What kind of ship is that?
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This.

At first I wanted to guess civilian cruise vessel of some kind, then I noticed the radar/comms equipment seems to be a little more special-looking.
 
Guys, her internet, like a lot of other internets at sea is satellite-based, and extremely expensive to own and operate. Even with the cost, to even squeak out a 128-256kbps connection shared across the entire ship on a consistent basis is nearly heavenly; and this is assuming she is operating under the C-band frequency. Don't expect her to respond back quickly, nor share a ton of pics since she can't share that many pics so quickly.

Anyways, like I said, great to see another AT'er out at sea suffering the slow internets.
my location!
location.jpg

ummm
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml <--- 😛 so which one are you?
I know that entire area is just LITTERED with cruise liners. Do you actually work on a cruise ship? That pic is a bit aft of the bridge, about 1 deck higher.

You are on one of these ships:
Eurodam
Celebrity Century
Monarch of the Seas
Liberty Sun
Tropic of Canada
etc..

My guess is the Celebrity Century.





Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
What kind of ship is that?
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This.

At first I wanted to guess civilian cruise vessel of some kind, then I noticed the radar/comms equipment seems to be a little more special-looking.
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The larger dome is probably a C-Band satellite dish for Internet.
The smaller one looks like an Immarsat f77 sat phone dish for just satellite phone comms or the newer maritime ip-based fleet broadband service (which is still very slow, hehe). The smaller one is mainly used as a backup, as it is pay-per-data.

I think most cruise ships have these now.
 
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Guys, her internet, like a lot of other internets at sea is satellite-based, and extremely expensive to own and operate. Even with the cost, to even squeak out a 128-256kbps connection shared across the entire ship on a consistent basis is nearly heavenly; and this is assuming she is operating under the C-band frequency. Don't expect her to respond back quickly, nor share a ton of pics since she can't share that many pics so quickly.

Anyways, like I said, great to see another AT'er out at sea suffering the slow internets.
my location!
location.jpg

ummm
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml <--- 😛 so which one are you?
I know that entire area is just LITTERED with cruise liners. Do you actually work on a cruise ship? That pic is a bit aft of the bridge, about 1 deck higher.

You are on one of these ships:
Eurodam
Celebrity Century
Monarch of the Seas
Liberty Sun
Tropic of Canada
etc..

My guess is the Celebrity Century.





Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
What kind of ship is that?
Click to expand...

This.

At first I wanted to guess civilian cruise vessel of some kind, then I noticed the radar/comms equipment seems to be a little more special-looking.
Click to expand...

The larger dome is probably a C-Band satellite dish for Internet.
The smaller one looks like an Immarsat f77 sat phone dish for just satellite phone comms or the newer maritime ip-based fleet broadband service (which is still very slow, hehe). The smaller one is mainly used as a backup, as it is pay-per-data.

I think most cruise ships have these now.
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Yep. She's not likely to respond past the initial post.
Rubycon has the coolest job I can think of, and I worked in Rock and Roll, which rates up there in some people's book.
In my mind's eye, she's like that "Technical Goddess/ G4" Commercial.
Don't anybody wreck it !!! 😀

 
Originally posted by: Gothgar


omg, see those little black dots... aliens, you are about to get abducted
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😕

Probably dirty sensor (damn full frame sensor is HARD to keep clean in a harsh environment!) combined with lots of jpeg compression to keep the size
small. 🙁

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Guys, her internet, like a lot of other internets at sea is satellite-based, and extremely expensive to own and operate. ...
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Yes indeed it is. I'm on the Norwegian Dawn FYI!

C band getting about 200kbps average cost me $0.10 per minute to use!
LEO (outside contractor) setup I'm blessed to have access for free and is 1Mbps+ both ways with a sixth of the latency! Fastest thing on the seas but currently the links are HARD DOWN (sic). 🙁

Text like these posts are not bad but no youtube or other stuff with audio for now. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Rubycon
Originally posted by: Gothgar


omg, see those little black dots... aliens, you are about to get abducted
Click to expand...

😕

Probably dirty sensor (damn full frame sensor is HARD to keep clean in a harsh environment!) combined with lots of jpeg compression to keep the size
small. 🙁

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Guys, her internet, like a lot of other internets at sea is satellite-based, and extremely expensive to own and operate. ...
Click to expand...

Yes indeed it is. I'm on the Norwegian Dawn FYI!

C band getting about 200kbps average cost me $0.10 per minute to use!
LEO (outside contractor) setup I'm blessed to have access for free and is 1Mbps+ both ways with a sixth of the latency! Fastest thing on the seas but currently the links are HARD DOWN (sic). 🙁

Text like these posts are not bad but no youtube or other stuff with audio for now. 🙁
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Yeah, I figured.... I was gunna circle them all with paint or something and repost the picture, but alas, I am lazy
 
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