> Lyngsat is a resource to use with C and Ku-band satellites. These are > *not* the satellites that Direct and Dish use to transmit their signal > to the 18" receiver. These *are* the satellites that are used to > transmit (among other things) network feeds to your cable company, local > network affiliate, and to the Dish and Direct uplink facilities, IIRC. > > So, what you want to use to get to those first generation broadcasts is > a C-band receiver such as > http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productdetail.asp?ProductID=227 > and it's affiliated Sidecar. The downside is that you really need a 9' > or larger antenna with rotors to pull down the various different feeds.
Wow, that's interesting. But just for the sake of argument let's assume I'm not going to get a dish bigger than my car. What might an alternative be if I wanted to receive these signals? Richard
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