The flick
SL ON — leave everyday Magic PTT behind
On Magic PTT Desktop, the SL switch drops you into the emergency shell: a hard cutover to our separate SL servers. Everyday Nexus rooms and Welcome Desk stay on the main network. SL is for when you need the lifeline, not for casual nets.
Starlink / Starlink Mini
Standby dish. Central servers. Direct path.
Keep Starlink or Starlink Mini ready. When terrestrial fiber or local internet is gone, the SL design is you → satellite → our emergency servers. We do not park this path behind a third-party VoIP middleman or a borrowed VPS nose. The emergency path is ours.
No middleman
You reach Magic PTT / SHTF Radio Networks operations — not a chain of unknown relays.
Separate from daily Nexus
SL runs on its own emergency servers so disaster traffic does not lean on the same path as everyday rooms.
Lean when it counts
Built for thin links — chat and low-rate voice so Starlink duty cycles stay sane when every byte matters.
How it feels
Disaster day, not demo day
Major event. Power and local internet are uncertain. Your Starlink Mini is on standby. You open Magic PTT Desktop, flip SL ON, sign in, and you are on the emergency floor with us. When the crisis eases, you turn SL OFF and return to normal Magic PTT.
Honest status
Built as a lifeline — rolled out with care
SL is an ops-proven emergency design: Desktop switch, allowlisted testers, separate emergency servers. Starlink attach and wider member rollout continue as we harden the dish path. The promise stays the same — when SL is in your hands, it is you and Magic PTT, not a rented middle layer.