Can Starlink antenna cable be hooked to coax in RV’s service center?

Hi Dave,
We are hooked on Starlink. With subscriptions, it is internet and TV for us. Is there a way I can replace the CATV connections with Starlink’s ethernet connection to feed the Starlink dish signal inside? Or is there some other clever means to get that Starlink cable inside to its router without running the cable through a window that’s cracked open? Thanks. —Bill, 2018 Pleasure-Way Plateau FL

Hi Bill,
Starlink has been a very popular topic of discussion at my seminars these past few months and I see more people joining what I call “The Uplink To The Stars!” Your Pleasure-Way RV, like most RVs, has a coax cable connection that is prewired to allow you to connect a satellite dish or other cable connection. Yours is located inside the driver side service panel that has the shoreline power connection and the city water. It is a typical coax connection with RG6 coax cable connected inside and run to the entertainment center.

According to the factory video walkaround, there is a Winegard coax meter and connection inside; however, I believe that is only for the over-the-air antenna which is the Air 360+. The coax from the service center either goes to the TV directly or to the DVD player through what they call their “Multi-plex” wire looms.

However, the Starlink cable is an ethernet wiring loom with eight, 24-gauge wires.

It is not compatible with coax that has a single wire connector.

I checked out the Starlink site and several articles on RVtravel.com, and nobody had a solution for the connection to the coax cable. So you will need to use the ethernet cable and connections and find a way to route them into the rig.

Since your service center has the shoreline connector and city water, there should be access to them from the inside. According to the walk-around, it looks like there is a cabinet covering the area inside, so I would suggest opening the doors and see if you can get behind the cabinet? If so, you could remove the coax connection in the service center and use the weatherproof plug available for the Starlink connection here. Then run the provided cable up to the router, which can be placed inside the cabinet with a power plug.

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