KS> BL>how nice it would be to be able to use my earth station not
KS> BL>JUST as a receiver, but be able to uplink as well.
KS> 
KS> I don't think there are any serious technical impediments to
KS> this, but someone would have to cough up a very large bag of
KS> cash to pay for xponder rental.
 That is the Big Catch 22. You would need to rent a Transponder. The Up link 
is fairlly easilly doable. Pirates have already done it at times to JAM
regualr Sat systems or to broadcast their own particualrly message..
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