You can use the dish for KU band free to air (FTA) stuff, but the feed is
circularly polarized (not sure which direction left or right) and you'd need
another receiver (fairly inexpensive). Most FTA in linear (horiz or vert), but
there are some South American satellites easily visible from the east coast
that are circular.

I've been playing with C band (3Ghz) with a 7 ft dish and hope to get Ku
(12Ghz) running soon. Kinda fun.

jw
wb9uai
milwaukee