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Starlink diah under solar panel (lemmy.ml)
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I see a lot of flat mounts where people put a protective acrilic or glass over the dish, or even mount it inside cars under a glass roof. So Im wondering if it would work if I mount it under a solar panel. Solar panels are essentially a thin glass where the diods are assembled. Will those diods interfere with the antena in any way?

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can edit titles to correct typos.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago

Solar panels aren't just silicon. There's also lots of silver wire traces to collect the current. I'm having a hard time looking up typical trace pitch, but I believe it's tight enough to substantially attenuate the bands that starlink operates on.