Flagpole for Starlink?

[klash]

Anyone have advice about where I can buy a flagpole mount for my starlink that works with an airstream?

[Nelson428]

This is the flag pole I use for my Starlink depending on my view of the sky ………. I thought I had a picture of the set up but I can’t seem to find it. I can send pictures of each separately if that helps. The flag pole is a telescoping flagpole. I purchased at Harbor freight for around





$70 I bought a Flag pole mount from Amazon and had a welder weld it to a steel plate which I slide under my tongue Jack foot screw in the adapter and put the flagpole in. Starlink sells an adapter that I use on top of the pole that holds the dish. It’s a relatively easy set up.hopefully these pictures will be of some benefit
And you get the idea even though I don’t have a pic of the setup.

[AKNate]

We got the pole adapter from Starlink, a 20’ flag pole from Harbor Freight, and two pairs of House Tuning bar clamps from Amazon. The 2.25” bar clamps match our tongue jack casing perfectly and the 2.375” match the HF flag pole perfectly. You put one bar clamp at the top of the jack and the other at the bottom (not on the moving part though). You mount the two clamps to the pole at the same spacing as the two you put on your jack. They both live permanently in their respective places and you put up and take down the pole quickly by hand using stainless bolts and wing nuts (3/8” if I remember correctly) from your favorite hardware store.
I modified the pole a bit by drilling out the center holes in each section to be larger so it is easy to route the starlink cable inside the pole.

[Fungus]

Originally Posted by AKNate

We got the pole adapter from Starlink, a 20’ flag pole from Harbor Freight, and two pairs of House Tuning bar clamps from Amazon. The 2.25” bar clamps match our tongue jack casing perfectly and the 2.375” match the HF flag pole perfectly. You put one bar clamp at the top of the jack and the other at the bottom (not on the moving part though). You mount the two clamps to the pole at the same spacing as the two you put on your jack. They both live permanently in their respective places and you put up and take down the pole quickly by hand using stainless bolts and wing nuts (3/8” if I remember correctly) from your favorite hardware store.
I modified the pole a bit by drilling out the center holes in each section to be larger so it is easy to route the starlink cable inside the pole.

^Exactly what we do for the WeBoost.

[DMT]

Originally Posted by AKNate

We got the pole adapter from Starlink, a 20’ flag pole from Harbor Freight, and two pairs of House Tuning bar clamps from Amazon. The 2.25” bar clamps match our tongue jack casing perfectly and the 2.375” match the HF flag pole perfectly. You put one bar clamp at the top of the jack and the other at the bottom (not on the moving part though). You mount the two clamps to the pole at the same spacing as the two you put on your jack. They both live permanently in their respective places and you put up and take down the pole quickly by hand using stainless bolts and wing nuts (3/8” if I remember correctly) from your favorite hardware store.
I modified the pole a bit by drilling out the center holes in each section to be larger so it is easy to route the starlink cable inside the pole.

Great suggestion! I have followed suit and very happy with the result. Thanks!

[AKNate]

Originally Posted by DMT

Great suggestion! I have followed suit and very happy with the result. Thanks!Attachment 432094Attachment 432095

On ours there’s just enough room to put one of the bar clamps on the jack casing below the A-frame instead of both on top. I wanted them spaced as widely as possible since the flagpole has a lot of torque when fully extended and the wind starts to blow. Wider spacing reduces the stress of countering that torque.

[MRA]

Originally Posted by AKNate

On ours there’s just enough room to put one of the bar clamps on the jack casing below the A-frame instead of both on top. I wanted them spaced as widely as possible since the flagpole has a lot of torque when fully extended and the wind starts to blow. Wider spacing reduces the stress of countering that torque.

How strong do these clamps appear to be? I am hoping that I could leave the flagpole attached (collapsed, not extended, without dishy on top) whilst driving. That would save me trying to figure out where to store the thing.