Perth northern suburbs field blog

Real antenna, Starlink, NBN and Wi-Fi jobs from the field.

Our field blog covers antenna repairs, Starlink installations, NBN relocations and Wi-Fi upgrades across Perth's northern suburbs, with real job notes, signal results and practical lessons from site.

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  • Signal readings, mount hardware and Wi-Fi tweaks
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Butler Antenna Repair and Replacement

Rusted mast replaced, Dektite seal fitted and three outlets re-balanced. CN lifted from 24 dB to 33 dB for a stable, clean signal.

Signal
67 dBuV and 33CN
Hardware
Black Arrow With Booster
On-site Results
From 24 dB to 33 dB CN

Featured drill downs

Recent jobs with the data that mattered.

Antenna • Mindarie

Salt-proof rebuild on a three-storey

Colorbond mast swap, Tru-Spec antenna, lead-in replacement and outlet rebalance. Bedroom drop-outs disappeared once levels held 64 dBuV.

  • MER 31 dB after tune
  • Noise margin +14 dB
  • Holes sealed with black Dektite

Starlink • Gingin

2.4 m mast to clear tree line

Guyed galvanised mast, conduit into rack and mesh Wi-Fi handover. Obstruction warnings fell from 24% to 0%.

  • Ping 32 ms avg
  • Down 230 Mbps • Up 27 Mbps
  • TP-Link Deco X50 mesh across sheds

Wi-Fi • Clarkson

Warehouse mesh with VLAN tidy-up

Cat6A backbone plus three ceiling APs for scanners and POS. Field note: label every trunk to avoid future swap-outs.

  • Roaming delay under 120 ms
  • SSID split for IoT devices
  • UPS added to comms rack

Dispatch timeline

Week at a glance.

  1. Mon

    Butler TV Mount

    65" OLED recessed, cabling fished internally. Added brush plate plus Sonos Beam mount.

  2. Tue

    Jindalee signal rescue

    Re-terminated splitter tree, swapped two rusted F connectors and added lightning block.

  3. Wed

    NBN relocation - Banksia Grove

    Moved FTTP NTD from garage to study, patched into cat6 rack and boosted Wi-Fi coverage.

  4. Thu

    Starlink + CCTV backhaul

    Ran conduit between homestead and shed, spliced data link and powered PoE cameras.

  5. Fri

    Mesh audit - Yanchep

    Heat mapped double-storey, re-placed nodes and locked in 420 Mbps in every room.

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