Given that you're worried about EMFs, the amount of power from nearby WiFi routers and cell towers is orders of magnitude more than from these satellites.
Starlink etc. use directed spotlight-like beams, so if you're not near a receiver (on the road) then no signal will be present. Why would they waste energy directing the signal anywhere other than where their dishes are?
(I personally don't believe in the harms of low power non-ionising radiation sources, but this comment is written in the context of avoiding them.)
> Starlink etc. use directed spotlight-like beams, so if you're not near a receiver (on the road) then no signal will be present. Why would they waste energy directing the signal anywhere other than where their dishes are?
You do not know how starlink downlinks work, so I can excuse your comments to ignorance. One person using a starlink antenna requires a beam from a satellite that covers about a 16 mile diameter with the power obviously being highest closest to the antenna. But anyone withing that hexagon will be exposed to mmWave radiation. It is not the "spotlight" you assume it to be. More like a flood light. "Narrow" is subjective in this case.
And it is not about only the power, it is about the effect. The same power used to push a 400 pound man vs a 40 pound child, you tell me the difference in outcome. As I said, you can be more skeptical and undecided and have a discussion with me, or just think that everyone has the same genetics and sensitivities and go on with your life.
Intriguing. I concede that I was wrong about Starlink satellite beams. It makes sense that even with phased array beamforming, achieving a single dish-sized footprint on the ground is not feasible. At a 310 mile altitude, a 8 mile radius beam is about 3 degrees wide.
You learn something new every day!
In flashlight terms (my familiar territory), that is decently narrow, but the sheer distance of orbit means that on the ground it's still a large radius.
I am willing to have a discussion. To me, it sounds like your point is that you are exceptionally sensitive to the EMF radiation? If that's the case, I wish you the best in finding a solution.
