CurlyDave

Some Pix of my Temporary Installation. The railing at that point runs true East-West, and the dish is pointing to true North (Not magnetic North). The balcony floor is about 18 ft above grade, and the table top is about 20.5 ft above grade. The 2 x 4 blocks are screwed to the OSB from underneath and the legs of the tripod are screwed down to the blocks. The bag of concrete is just a weight. The OSB is elevated above the table top with 4 x 6 blocks. The only reason for these is that when I was setting it up, the dish was pointing nearly horizontal and it appeared that the railing would obstruct the field of view of the dish. When the dish was powered up it went to the position shown and I doubt the blocks are really needed, but they were harder to remove than to keep in place. I am going to move the dish to an antenna pole attached to the house when I get the mounting adaptor I ordered from Starlink.

I don't think elevation matters a lot to dishy. I see pictures of backyard mounts on the ground and pictures of mounts on roofs. What might (or might not) make a difference is angular jitter if an elevated mount causes Dishy to sway in the wind. Elon has told us that there is a phased array inside the dish and this is a very, very fast means of beam steering. But, if the beam is pointed at the moving satellite and there is suddenly violent shaking due to wind I don't even know if the dish has the sensors to make the correction. Side-to-side motion will not hurt much, but small changes in angle, projected over a few hundred miles, can cause the beam to completely miss the satellite. So, I would try it elevated, but with the pole stabilized by guy wires, and see what happens. The worst case is that you have to change the mount. Mine is "mounted" using the tripod that came with the dish on an outdoor dining table on a second floor balcony, with a sack of concrete as an inexpensive weight. Works well.

The WiFi router that came with my Starlink is fairly primitive and I need a WiFi connection at the far end of my house so I need to be able to extend it somehow. Some people have had other routers work with their Starlink (my ancient and long-discontinued Apple Airport didn't) but before I invest in a new router or MESH system, I would like to know if it will work with Starlink. I already have CAT 5 ethernet cable installed at the place where I need Does anyone have success stories or recommendations?