Let’s Talk STARLINK

Old radar power supplies, motors and magnetrons can radiate noise that can mess things up.

Think compass safe distance, plus.

So not necessary in the array beam can effect it.

Any input as to the change to the stationary antenna relative to radar height impacts? Shuffling the deck here with a bridge redesign and hardtop, so I need to make adjustments to the layout on the mast…

Does the new antenna design find less radar impact?

Ours is a few feet from the radar on the skylounge roof but lower no issue. Vertical separation is important

Vertical separation, agreed. What do you estimate as your gap?

Not sure, 2’ maybe.

Cool. Sounds much less sensitive than the first antenna.

Open array have a flatter beam angle, say 3 to 5°. Raydomes can exceed 10°. You can figure that spread when trying to adjust for vertical clearance.

less sensitive; I really think nobody really knew (or knows now) what effect marine electronics has on the StarLink antennas.
I typed before; out of the beam and compass safe distance as anything else should be safe.
My friends Fixed StarLink is 3 feet away and 1 foot lower from his Garmin Raydome. Probably gets some radiation. No issues at all.

My first attempt with the original antenna was pole mounted around 2' above the open and around 1' above the doppler. Doppler was no issue, but when the 12Kw cranked up I lost the sat. Increased pole mount to around 4-5' above, and no issue at all. But I think that was a more complex antenna not intended at all for these conditions. I think the new is "less sensitive" to interference. I'll just get ahead here and rig a stick mount to test the elevations before the big work commences, to be sure that I can land it where I currently intend. I'll keep it high on the mast, and given the reported 2 feet I don't see an issue...but a quick test will save frustrations.