Starlink

[two_bit_score]

Try weaning yourself off network content altogether. YouTube has much better content than broadcast TV by far. Change is difficult but better programming is out there and it’s FREE.

We did that and between on the on air tv and Hulu, etc. we don’t miss cable TV.

 

[BigBlue1]

I was happy to part ways with DirecTV (and cable before that) a little over a year ago. Went with YoutubeTV. Already had Prime and Netflix. It was great at that point, when YoutubeTV was $49.99. Then it went up to $65 and that sucked. But overall it is still better than paying DirecTV $110/mo because it is more flexible and more on-demand features. We're not missing anything we liked previously. And the month-by-month basis (no contract) is a big plus.

Rob

 

[Avenger]

We cut cable long ago. Have Netflix, Plex (with drobo full of movies and tv shows), Disney+ for the kid. I use youtube, but find myself on Odysee more lately. I cant bring myself to pay for YT.
We use Plex more because it doesnt use our data. Everything we have is on a local plex server. When Starlink comes around, I see more Netflix in my future.

 

[two_bit_score]

We have an Echo dot in the shop building and I listen to anything I want to out there. It usually is playing something almost all day when I’m out there. Sure like it better than sitting in front of a TV screen.

 

[downsizingnow48]

For testing I set the dish on the dump trailer which is in a place open to the sky. First speed test with the Starlink app was 150 mbps down, 54 up, latency 25 ms. In comparison our Verizon LTE connection is 5 down, 2 up, 35 ms. The satellite connection could be 5x worse and still be 5x better.

I can put it permanently on the garage roof but then have to get the signal to the house about 80 ft away.

Although as I think about it. Given the angle of the dish, which is not far off of straight up, I am going to try it on the house roof. I cut down the real close trees years ago for fire and safety reasons, so there might be a hole big enough for the satellite to look up through.

 

[Avenger]

Ahhh... you're makin me so jealous!!

Congrats though.

 

[Justin Smith]

Hello.
Can anyone please tell me the dimensions of the Starlink pole, specifically :

1 - The length of the 35.8mm section from the end of pole to the chamfer point where the diameter increases to 38.2mm.
2 - The length of that 38.2mm section from the chamfer to where the cable comes out of the side.

I need to know because I am trying to think of a better way to attach the Starlink to a pole than the Starlink pole adapter which I consider to be a very poor idea indeed.
Possibly using a 1.5" pole coupler :

Which is a smaller version of this :

 

[rekees4300]

Hello.
Can anyone please tell me the dimensions of the Starlink pole, specifically :

1 - The length of the 35.8mm section from the end of pole to the chamfer point where the diameter increases to 38.2mm.
2 - The length of that 38.2mm section from the chamfer to where the cable comes out of the side.

I need to know because I am trying to think of a better way to attach the Starlink to a pole than the Starlink pole adapter which I consider to be a very poor idea indeed.
Possibly using a 1.5" pole coupler :

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Which is a smaller version of this :

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[downsizingnow48]

Standard steel and aluminum tubing with 1.5" OD comes in .035 wall thickness which gives ID of 1.43". So the dish tube (1.41") will be a slip fit in it, same as the three-leg base. I looked that up because I am going to put the dish on a length of that tube.

 

[Justin Smith]

Standard steel and aluminum tubing with 1.5" OD comes in .035 wall thickness which gives ID of 1.43". So the dish tube (1.41") will be a slip fit in it, same as the three-leg base. I looked that up because I am going to put the dish on a length of that tube.

Is 0.035" 0.9mm or 20SWG ?
If so that's far too thin for anything except for a very short pole, particularly for a a pole holding a satellite dish outside.
If I've got that right about the wall thickness( inches to mm conversion) you can't even get alloy pole that thin in the UK. It depends on how long the pole is but if, say, 10ft, with an 8ft unsupported length, I'm not even sure I'd be recommending a 1.5" alloy pole at 1.6mm (16SWG) wall thickness.
Steel is stronger but rusts of course. A 10ft x 1.5" x 1.6mm (16SWG) steel pole would probably be OK, but they're not that easy to get, particularly galvanised.

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