New smartphone direct-to-Starlink satellite service

pianotuna wrote:
about 52 db of gain I think for the gain on the satellite--if I understood the article I read.

That may be enough for leo.

If I recall my DB properly 50 DB makes 0.1 watt = 100 watts. Not bad
Might be off by a power of 10 or two.

But as I said many have done it on 147/450 MHz bands with 5 watts out to a loss antenna ... So I'm not surprised.