![]() ![]() Mk II version = Route the cable inside the pole then push the Starlink pole as far into the pole coupler as it will go (which is normally about 14.5cm). over the wider 1.5" section and up to just below the cable exit point. Mk I Starlink = clamp the coupler as far up the pole as possible, i.e. ![]() T hese couplers can be purchased here (we can ship worldwide but non UK orders always incur a carriage surcharge). Even better a 1.5" pole coupler will securely clamp the Starlink onto the end and enable the full length of its supplied pole to be utilised. above the top bracket clamp - a 1.5"diameter x 1.6mm wall thickness mast would be perfect *. Ensure the edges are well de-burred.įor a medium length alloy pole, up to a 5ft unsupported length - i.e. That said the fact there is only 1.5 to 2in of "clamp-able pole" is the same whether using a 1.5" pole coupler or the Spacex Starlink pipe adapter !Ī customer told us he managed to get a sufficiently strong coupling using just the end 1.5 to 2" with one of our 1.5" pole couplers, but it did occur to me the install could be made significantly stronger by cutting a slot out of the top of one of the coupler pressings for the cable exit, I'd have thought the easiest way to achieve that would be to drill a hole of sufficient diameter where you want the cable to exit, then cut down from the top with a hack saw or angle grinder to that hole to create the slot. It also means only between 1.5 and 2" of pole stub is available to clamp onto which is not ideal, particularly as the High Performance Starlink is bigger and considerably heavier. If so that seems a retrograde step design-wise to me. it'd be like a Starlink MkI in that respect (any more info - incl pictures - on this would be gratefully received). However, we have also been informed that the cable cannot be routed down the inside of the pole, i.e. See customer install of a Mk II Starlink dish.Įarly reports were that the pole itself is very similar (though slightly longer) and that the plug on the end of the cable is apparently smaller. Chaffing of the cable should be less likely at the top of the pole because the cable is sheltered from the wind by the coupler and directed into the middle by the Starlink's own pole, though I still would ensure the inside of the pole is deburred. ![]() One final point, try to ensure the cable (where it exits the pole at the bottom) cannot move in the wind and wear on the edge of the pole, and/or mitigate that by "deburring" / smoothing off the inside edge of the pole and wrapping tape round the cable at that point. In the case of the latter, which in most cases would be the neater option anyway, it actually makes the pole 1.5" pole coupler even more suitable because more of the Starlink's pole (up to about 14.5cm of it) can be inserted into our recommended coupler which results in an even more stable install. It is a significant improvement in design because you now have a choice as to whether the cable should exit above the pole (that it is being installed on) or be routed down inside the pole. It is 19" x 12" with a similar mast diameter to the original. These dimensions are of great relevance if considering alternative methods of installing Starlink on a longer pole without using Starlink's pole adapter (which is "sub optimal" in the design department, to put it mildly, let's just be honest about it), see section below.Īs of November 2021 Spacex / Starlink started supplying a smaller "Generation 2" rectangular dish. ![]()
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