Gear: KVH's TracPhone V3-HTS Marine Satellite Antenna
Compact Satcoms
Want to enjoy all the benefits of superfast shoreside internet connectivity while at sea, with an antenna that doesn’t dwarf your boat? The new TracPhone V3-HTS marine satellite antenna from KVH houses a host of features in a compact package. At just 14.5in diameter and weighing in at a svelte 25lb, the V3-HTS is not only the smallest available Ku-Band marine satcoms antenna, but at 5 Mbps download/2 Mbps upload it provides faster data speeds than most larger antennas. In operation, it communicates with KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband HTS (high-throughput satellite) network, which uses Intelsat’s latest satellites. $17,995. KVH Industries, kvh.com