Starlink installation

[BCWinnie]

Hi everyone - Getting starlink for a Micro Minnie BHS 2306. Noticed that the cable for starlink is not coax, it is a special starlink cable. Does anyone know of a converter from the starlink cable to a coax? Thanks in advance!

[creativepart]

Nope, that’s not an option. It’s a special POE Ethernet cable unique to Starlink. It powers the dish and carries network data both. It’s not coax and it’s not traditionally wired Ethernet.

There are some that have engineered external plugs and such but no one is selling them officially yet.

At this point you have to use their cable. You can buy an Ethernet adapter to use a different WiFi router but you still must use their cable from the dish to your RV.

[Journey34h]

Starlink is wireless from the router to your devices. The "dish" is connected to the router with a Ethernet cable using proprietary connectors. If you want to go to a wired connection for your devices you would need the inline Ethernet adapter ($25 at the Starlink store). In case you were thinking you would be able to connect a TV using coax, that wouldn't work. Starlink provides internet not TV signals. We subscribe to YouTube TV (internet based TV) and the TV's use wireless internet.

[BCWinnie]

Thanks appreciate the advice and I understand.
Bottom line is there a way to do this without drilling a hole in the trailer?
Asking because I'll be at temps below freezing for long durations. Thanks.

[Journey34h]

You could leave the dish on the roof, run the cable to the Starlink router inside a storage compartment that has power? Your devices should be able to get a good wireless connection to the router from almost anywhere in the trailer. You would want to test the position for where you are using your devices. Good Luck!

[SeeTheUSA]

Originally Posted by Journey34h

You could leave the dish on the roof, run the cable to the Starlink router inside a storage compartment that has power? Your devices should be able to get a good wireless connection to the router from almost anywhere in the trailer. You would want to test the position for where you are using your devices. Good Luck!

Precisely what we do! Dishy where it needs to be outside (haven’t actually had it on the roof, however), router in a lower bay. Signal inside the coach is good.

[Fred 2106DS]

Originally Posted by BCWinnie

Thanks appreciate the advice and I understand.
Bottom line is there a way to do this without drilling a hole in the trailer?
Asking because I'll be at temps below freezing for long durations. Thanks.

I would suggest running the starlink cable through the slide seal. We've been using this method for the last couple of years for our mock MIMO antenna setup on the roof of our Micro Minnie. We use the slide seal closest to the TV area since this area has convenient power outputs and the WIFI from our Verizon 8800L jetpack is within a couple of feet of the TV. Based on the BHS 2306 floor plan, it appears you could do something similar.

[TwoFrom93449]

Internally is Cat5.

[TwoFrom93449]

In our 2529RG, we had an outlet behind the TV for adding additional "King" gear that we will not add. Luckily there was an unused "King" cable running from that box up to the TV antenna. I took the top of the TV antenna off and used that cable to pull the dish end of our Starlink cable up. Yes, I have to get up on the roof with our dish, take out four screws to get the SL cable out, and use some duct tape to keep potential rain out. What I have found indicates the SL cable is Cat5, so we will hopefully add a waterproof Cat5 connection to the side of the TV antenna. This will allow us to keep a good length of the dish end of the cable with a Cat5 connector that will connect from SL dish to outlet on TV antenna. Waiting for our computer tech for assistance with the Cat5.