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    What kind of dish would I need for FTA reception?

    I'm hoping to get NHK, the main Japanese TV station, which according to what I've read, has a broadcast on FTA a satellite which is receivable in the US. There's also another Japanese channel, called Channel J.
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    What kind of dish would I need for FTA reception?

    Thanks, but why does it have to be SOOOO big? The frequency range is the same as that used by pay-to-receive satellite services. And I saw a couple 33" dishes on Ebay. Is that too small? and lastly, is it possible to remove the existing LNB from an 18inch dish, and mount a linear one in its...
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    Is FTA satellite service even legal?

    What satellites are FTA TV sent on? Do they use unencrypted channels on Dish Network and Direct TV Satellites? Or do FTA broadcasters own and use their own satellites?
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    What kind of dish would I need for FTA reception?

    For receiving FTA satellite signals, can I use any 18inch Dish Network or Direct TV dish that I can get from my local Radio Shack store? Or are those designed with proprietary circuits in the LNB which are meant to ONLY pick up signals from those companies (Dish Network or Direct TV)?
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    Is FTA satellite service even legal?

    Nobody would want to watch a channel on encrypted signal without decrypting it anyway. Not sure if it's legal or not, but that would be useless anyway, which is the whole point of encrypting it to start with obviously. Now you talked about FTA signals being legal, but don't the FTA signals use...
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    Is FTA satellite service even legal?

    I know hacking is illegal, plain and simple. However, I'm unsure of the status of nonhacked FTA satellite service. I've heard that some FTA receiver manufacturers have been sued by Dish Network. Is this because those FTA receivers are too easy to hack? Or is it because a glitch in the FTA...
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