Can C and KU band be integrated into the one system?
Theoretically yes, however this requires a dual band feed horn, a C band LNB and a KU band LNB, plus some sort of switching to select between feed horns, and servo motor control to change polarity on both bands. The performance is compromised when a dual band feed horn is used, and using a mesh dish for KU band is about 30% less efficient than using a solid dish. The preferred method to receiver C and KU band is to have 2 separate dishes. Say a 2.3M mesh motorized dish for C band, and a fixed 90cm to 1.2M solid dish for KU band, with some electronic switching to select between the 2 dishes. So you can receive about 140 free to air channels with a motorized C band dish, 130 of which are foreign language, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, and about 10 English. On the KU band system you can receive some free channels, and if you have a PAY TV card, you can receive the channels you pay for. If you have an Aurora
