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Given that Starlink user terminals can obviously also transmit data, maybe you can make a point to point connection between user terminals over hundreds of kilo
by ragebol 4y ago
Given that Starlink user terminals can obviously also transmit data, maybe you can make a point to point connection between user terminals over hundreds of kilometers (given line of sight, so realistically much much less).
Make a mesh network that way.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoIs there any health implications to this?
- kernaussage 4y agoWhy would there be? Starlink emits non-iodizing radiation.
- pawelpro 4y agoNon-ionizing.
- askvictor 4y agoProbably non-iodizing too.
- tsimionescu 4y agoTo be fair, the radiation is also non-iodizing!
- Eleison23 4y agoSo it does not need to carry the FDA's fake warning label?
- mensetmanusman 4y agoRadioactive decay emits neurons with enough energy to strip electrons from molecules that it shoots through. This is how it can tear apart DNA, which would chemically react after impact/ion generation (stripped electrons), and cause cancer.
- tsimionescu 4y agoI'm pretty sure no radioactive decay has ever been observed emitting a neuron (a brain cell), though you probably mean "neutron", which would be correct. I was only making a joke - "iodizing" radiation would be radiation that causes something to react with iodine, which no known form of radiation would. The GP meant "ionizing" radiation, which is what you are describing as well. Now that you mention it, I suppose it's possible for ionizing radiation to cause something to react with iodine, making it "iodizing" radiation as well. Either way, radio waves are non-ionizing radiation. To the extent that they can create problems in the human body, they will do it by causing heating (like microwaves), not by stripping off electrons to create ions (and certainly not by forcing other molecules to react with iodine).
- gambiting 4y agoI mean, yes, but that doesn't automatically make it safe. You know cellphone mast antennas? They also emit non-ionizing radiation yet you do NOT want to stand near one when it's working - radio burns are no joke. I don't know if starlink has enough power to cause damage - but regardless, there's a good chance this wouldn't be legal as the device isn't certified to broadcast this way and would fall afoul of regulations.
- b112 4y agoradio burns are no joke. No kidding! I'll never call in to my town's talkshow again. That DJ sucks.
- kortilla 4y agoNah, unless this mod somehow boosted beyond what it transmits to the sats, it’s safe. It would require a scary sticker otherwise.
- JoachimS 4y agoWe are talking kW output effect vs mW for a Starkink UT.
- gambiting 4y agoOf course, my point is just that saying "it's non-ionizing radiation" isn't a magical rule that makes it safe. You can absolutely have dangerous or even lethal levels of non ionizing radiation too. (I think I should have used a simpler example - your microwave uses non-ionizing radiation too, yet would most definitely burn you if you put your hand inside it).
- JoachimS 4y agoThe microwave is also generating many hundreds of Watts, up to kW of radio waves, a bit like the mobile base station. In slightly different frequencies. It is still several orders of magnitude less than what Starlink emits from the antenna.
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- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoI don’t think malice was intended but your response seems shaming. Try instead thinking why others might not know something you consider to be obvious.
- wumpus 4y agoWell, yes, in that you would be arrested.
- dezgeg 4y agoAre the Rx/tx protocols really that symmetrical that an UT can receive and decode transmission from another UT? Since for cellular networks that is definitely not the case.
- ragebol 4y agoI'd assume that is not symmetrical. But if you can run your own software, does that matter?
- MertsA 4y agoIf the Phy on one terminal isn't capable of receiving anything the Phy on the other terminal can transmit then all the software in the world won't help there. If the frequency bands for Tx and Rx don't overlap then you're out of luck.
- dezgeg 4y agoDepends on how much of the stack is implemented in software and how much in fixed-function silicon.