Starlink RV Pole with Ladder Mounting Bracket Fit for Starlink 2nd Generation

Tried to fit the cable into the holes on the side of the mount. It wouldn't fit so I sent it back. A few days later it occured to me that the cable was not supposed to go through the holes. So I would like to say this thing would have worked great if I had thought it through a bit more. I will be reordering it shortly!

I recently purchased a Gen 3 Starlink dish and wanted to find a pole mount so I could mount my dish onto my RV ladder. After looking at various options, I decided this was the best pole, although it only had the mounting adapter for a Gen 2 dish. It was easy to replace the Gen 2 adapter with a separately purchased Gen 3 pole mount adapter, which is what I used for this mount.The pole and components are very well made. The pole segments (three of the) are approx 2” diameter and are very solid. The two mounting brackets that secure the pole to the RV ladder are some kind of very sturdy plastic. This comes with a carry bag for the pole segments when not installed.Mounting the two adapters that stay on the ladder was easy. You first need to just test fit the upper bracket to make sure it is a height that allows the dish to clear the roof and also is low enough so that it is easy enough to mount the pole. The only tools needed are a 5mm Allen key. The mounts have 13mm nuts, but there are detents in the brackets that hold the nuts securely, so you only need an Allen bit to install.Once installed, it does take a bit of strength to mount the pole with the dish attached if you want to do it from the ground. Nothing extreme, but there is certainly a bit of weight at the end of the pole that has to be inserted into the top bracket at an approx 45 degree angle to install it. Removal is the reverse and also takes a bit of strength. I realize everyone is different, but I am 69 in decent shape and did not have any troubles, my wife (130 lbs and 5’8”) would likely struggle with it if she had to do it on her own.Overall I am very happy with this ladder mount. It is strong and stable and very adjustable. The dish can be rotated n 45 degree increments to point in your desired direction without having to adjust the mount at the dish, the rotation can all be done with just the pole.

Be sure to read the description more carefully than I did LOL! We have a Gen 3 Starlink rig and this states clearly that it's for Gen 2 ... my bad. That said, I replaced the included dish mount with a Gen 3 pole/pipe adapter, and it worked out perfectly! It is super-easy to setup and mounts the pole very securely. The materials used seem to be of great quality, and it's design and function couldn't be better. Now all they need to do is make one for the Gen 3! (They told me it is currently being developed.)

The OD of the pipe exceeds the opening on the top bracket. You must shove the pipe through it, and then assemble the satellite desk on top, and do the reverse to disassemble. Poor engineering.

Instructions are straightforward to assemble and mount, it comes with everything needed. The seller’s description is accurate, and the pole functions as intended. In my opinion the product is overpriced for just an antenna pole and hardware.

We use our RV ladder for mounting many things: Our clothes drying rack, flagpole, and Starlink mount. For Starlink, we were using a flagpole mount that would hold a long solid PVC pole’s base and we would secure it at the top using some flexible ties. It worked great but I hated having to climb up the ladder to secure and un-secure the pole, and having an 8 foot solid pole was difficult to store in our RV.This setup solves some, but not all of those issues. The pole separates in to 3 segments for easier storage when not in use, however the upper pivoting bracket does not lock vertically by using the pole alone as you would expect. This means you need to climb up the ladder and turn the bracket to the right angle to capture the pole initially but then climb up again to rotate it to vertical to lock the pole in place once secured in to the lower bracket. This isn’t impossible, but based on the description and images, I was expecting a solution I could operate from standing on the ground rather than having to climb that ladder.Once locked in to place, the pole is very secure especially when the upper bracket is placed near the top of the ladder (and distant from the lower bracket). The pins which connect the 3 pole segments together are secure, as are the pins which hold the Starlink mount. The 3 segments use 2 C-Pins connect them, but the Starlink bracket has 2 spring loaded pins holding it in place (which are more convenient but are less reliable as they sometimes require some work to get them back in to place). I was very impressed that the Starlink mount did secure the antenna very well, even when moving the pole initially during setup. The pole segments store nicely in the provided bag, and the brackets installed easily to the ladder. Because the pole is rather short, you should choose to install it as high on the ladder as you can so that the Starlink antenna can get above the surrounding trees as much as possible.The lower mount is great how it has a pin to lock in place, and the pole itself is quite solid. Many campgrounds we visit have trees nearby so we do wish we had the option to telescope the pole longer, or add extensions when needed. This encouraged us to position the lower bracket as high as possible on the ladder to get as much height as possible using the fixed length of the provided pole.It’s a good replacement for what we had: It places the antenna at about the same height as our original 8 foot pole, but does so with a pole that breaks down in to 3 pole segments and a mount bracket. We still have to climb the latter to lock and unlock the upper bracket, and like our original setup it holds the Starlink antenna very securely even in strong winds but is much easier to store.In summary, this is a very good mount and a great improvement over the one we invented on our own, but I do wish the upper bracket was somehow designed in a tighter way so that it could be locked in to the vertical position by just moving the pole (while standing on the ground) as depicted.