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Once you get into this kind of special purpose microwave gear, it's all made to only operate at a very specific frequency. So in this particular instance, no th
by gorkish 6y ago
Once you get into this kind of special purpose microwave gear, it's all made to only operate at a very specific frequency. So in this particular instance, no the dish really isn't able to be used or repurposed for anything else. The only thing it is ever gonna be capable of doing is listening or talking to Starlink. There's no shifting it into a nearby amateur band as you can do with some wide bandwidth LNBs or old commercial radios.
- LeoPanthera 6y agoI only said it was legal. Not that it was practical. :)
- Tuna-Fish 6y agoAnd that is my entire point. The range that a starlink antenna can transmit or receive at is ~10.7GHz - 14.5 GHz. (possibly a bit wider than that, but not by much) All of which is licensed spectrum. And starlink only has a license for using that band if the beam is steered at least 25° above the horizon, and 25° away from the geostationary orbit band. Good luck doing anything other than the intended use with that.