Verification measurements made on a Starlink dish show that the wave emission level is very largely acceptable.
It is since 2021 that Starlink can operate in France, thanks to obtaining an authorization from Arcep, the telecoms regulatory authority. French men and women can thus request this service to have access to the Internet, the particularity of which is to go through a satellite network located in low orbit. To do this, you must install a satellite dish on the roof of your home.
Waves far below the limits
But who says dish and satellites, says electromagnetic waves that circulate between. And it is precisely this element that has attracted the attention of the National Frequency Agency, in order to check whether the emission level of the device complies with the thresholds defined by the regulations. The results were made public on February 24 and they are reassuring.
” The levels measured in and out of the beam at different distances from the antenna show that they are below the regulatory limit value, set at 61 volts per meter (V/m) for the frequency bands concerned “, sums up the ANFR. The measurements were taken at 50 centimeters, one meter and two meters from the antenna, which was then transmitting continuously.
The strongest measurement was observed at 9 V/m, one meter from the antenna and right in the axis of the beam: this is a value almost seven times lower than the limit established in the law. In addition, the circumstances in which one would be exposed to these waves appear null, because the logical place of the parabola is in height, on a roof, far from the people.
Outside the beam, and even close to the dish, the levels are minimal, below the threshold of one volt per meter. And the further you go, the more the level drops: at two meters, it does not exceed 0.7 V/m. The health risks are therefore in practice zero, even if you want to install the antenna indoors: this would not work, because the antenna needs a direct view of the sky.
