Does the C-band dish receive Ku band signals, or is it necessary to have a separate dish for those?
That depends on what's used for a 'feed' electronics, the LNB or LNBF. And also the size of the holes in the mesh. For Ku on a BUD, the area holes should be much less than the area of the solid surface to be usable on Ku. **
Tell you what I'd do - Just hook it up to the coax from the small white dish, and do a blind scan. See what transponders and channels it gets, and determine what satellite it's aimed at. Then go from there.
You can add a DISEQC or 22khz switch to 'switch' between the small dish and big dish
Maybe re-point the small dish to 125W for PBS? But even there, I think most is HD or S2, and don't think a Duo does either S2 or HD. Should get the SD feeds and channels tho--
a bunch of different companies and models of FTA receivers have been subject to these piracy concerns. What's the story behind this?
And those found guilty have been shut down.
FTA is perfectly legal. Decryption of scrambled signals without a subscription(authorization)is not.
Are these companies (ie. Conaxsat, Pansat, Neusat etc.) legitimate companies?
Some were originally legit, but fell into the 'dark side'. Others were born in the 'dark side'. Same applies to some domestic re-sellers.
** Tell ya what, take some pictures of the electronics in the front of the dish, we'll tell you what they are capable of.
