An apparatus for processing satellite signals comprising: a switch adapted to receive an input signal having a predetermined frequency range, said predetermined frequency range including at least two frequency sub-bands; a first diplexer, connected to a first output of said switch, that is adapted to generate a first filtered signal including a first frequency sub-band and a second frequency sub-band and a second filtered signal including a third frequency sub-band, wherein said first diplexer includes a band stop filter and a band pass filter, and wherein a passband of said band pass filter is equal to a band rejected by said band stop filter; a second diplexer, connected to a second output of said switch, that is adapted to generate a third filtered signal including said first frequency sub-band and a fourth filtered signal including said second frequency sub-band; and a controller that is adapted to activate said switch to operate between a first mode and a second mode, in said first mode, said switch providing said input signal to said first diplexer to generate said first and second filtered signals, said first diplexer providing said first filtered signal to said second diplexer to generate said third and fourth filtered signals from said first filtered signal, said second filtered signal being provided to said controller to derive a first type of data therefrom and said third and fourth filtered signals being provided to said controller to derive a second different type of data therefrom, in said second mode, said switch providing said input signal to said second diplexer to generate said third and fourth filtered signals from said input signal, said second diplexer providing said third and fourth filtered signals to said controller to derive said second different type of data therefrom. a switch adapted to receive an input signal having a predetermined frequency range, said predetermined frequency range including at least two frequency sub-bands; a first diplexer, connected to a first output of said switch, that is adapted to generate a first filtered signal including a first frequency sub-band and a second frequency sub-band and a second filtered signal including a third frequency sub-band, wherein said first diplexer includes a band stop filter and a band pass filter, and wherein a passband of said band pass filter is equal to a band rejected by said band stop filter; a second diplexer, connected to a second output of said switch, that is adapted to generate a third filtered signal including said first frequency sub-band and a fourth filtered signal including said second frequency sub-band; and a controller that is adapted to activate said switch to operate between a first mode and a second mode, in said first mode, said switch providing said input signal to said first diplexer to generate said first and second filtered signals, said first diplexer providing said first filtered signal to said second diplexer to generate said third and fourth filtered signals from said first filtered signal, said second filtered signal being provided to said controller to derive a first type of data therefrom and said third and fourth filtered signals being provided to said controller to derive a second different type of data therefrom, in said second mode, said switch providing said input signal to said second diplexer to generate said third and fourth filtered signals from said input signal, said second diplexer providing said third and fourth filtered signals to said controller to derive said second different type of data therefrom. in said first mode, said switch providing said input signal to said first diplexer to generate said first and second filtered signals, said first diplexer providing said first filtered signal to said second diplexer to generate said third and fourth filtered signals from said first filtered signal, said second filtered signal being provided to said controller to derive a first type of data therefrom and said third and fourth filtered signals being provided to said controller to derive a second different type of data therefrom, in said second mode, said switch providing said input signal to said second diplexer to generate said third and fourth filtered signals from said input signal, said second diplexer providing said third and fourth filtered signals to said controller to derive said second different type of data therefrom.