SHF receiver

An apparatus for receiving satellite broadcast signals broadcast in a number of channels occupying successively overlapping frequency bands with a first plane of polarization for first alternate channels and a second plane of polarization for second channels arranged between said first channels, said apparatus comprising:

• antenna means for receiving said satellite broadcast signals;
• polarizer means for receiving a satellite broadcast signal derived from said antenna means and providing a plane of polarization adapted to be switched for correspondence with the plane of polarization of the received satellite broadcast signal;
• channel selecting means for sequentially selecting the channels of said satellite broadcast signals;
• means for tuning to each channel selected by said channel selecting means;
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• controlling means for automatically controlling the sequential selecting of the channels, the tuning of said tuning means and the switching of the plane of polarization of said polarizer means in accordance with a channel selected by said channel selecting means, said controlling means causing said channel selecting means to first select sequentially from among said first alternate channels having said first plane of polarization, and thereafter automatically switching the plane of polarization of said polarizer means and then causing channel selecting in sequence from among said second channels having said second plane of polarization.