[sigstoat]

> Seems like there's an opportunity to produce an open-source SpaceX compatible antenna that someone could build themselves.

you'd need at least $400 of test equipment to check that the >$100 of parts were working right, and to diagnose any problems. not cost effective.

[dmurray]

That's certainly not prohibitive in the US. Starlink already charge $500 for hardware and $100/month.

[zbrozek]

I'd be amazed if it's that little in test equipment.

[sigstoat]

indeed. i'm leaning on that "at least" pretty hard. i figured establishing that you'd have to spend as much as the prefab'd hardware cost in order to get something that isn't warrantied, and would be the first thing starlink customer service would blame your problems on, would be enough to make this completely unreasonable.