COZI TV on AMC 1 @ 103W

[jorgek]

Anyone else receiving COZI TV without having to reskew the LNB?
TP 11840/H/30000, Q 70.

 

[77TA]

You just ruined all my fun. I have been able to pull it in on my 6ft sadoun with the skew set for a normal satellite for the last 2 days. I figured it was due to getting a stronger signal since the leaves came off the trees, but based on your question it may be something else. By the way I'm getting the other 2 nbc muxs off and on as well.

 

[rsa2000]

On 36" with 0 skew I get it sometimes... When I do its about 70% on the Q. Somedays 10% even on clear day while still getting the NBC's. Not sure what's going on. If I Skew it everything is fine but what a pain!

 

[Diamond Jim]

No problems here.

 

[jorgek]

You just ruined all my fun. I have been able to pull it in on my 6ft sadoun with the skew set for a normal satellite for the last 2 days. I figured it was due to getting a stronger signal since the leaves came off the trees, but based on your question it may be something else. By the way I'm getting the other 2 nbc muxs off and on as well.

This a first for me. In the past I had to use the odd skew. With the motor and dish it was problamatic so I didn't skew for COZI because it would mess up all the other sats.

I wonder what has changed?

 

[northgeorgia]

I notice the same thing about great quality vs. bad/no quality. I don't have the special skew so I don't know for sure, but I know I posted a thread somewhere (darned if I can find it now) where I found that NBC affiliates were told to skew their lnbfs to a unique "middle position" so that they can receive feeds from BOTH AMC-1 and the new SES-3 satellites. The new satellite does not require the odd skew. Perhaps they are testing out transponders on alternating satellites?

 

[Kraven]

Not a peep here.

 

[77TA]

I think northgeorgia is correct. Probably has to do with the transition to ses3.

 

[jorgek]

I notice the same thing about great quality vs. bad/no quality. I don't have the special skew so I don't know for sure, but I know I posted a thread somewhere (darned if I can find it now) where I found that NBC affiliates were told to skew their lnbfs to a unique "middle position" so that they can receive feeds from BOTH AMC-1 and the new SES-3 satellites. The new satellite does not require the odd skew. Perhaps they are testing out transponders on alternating satellites?

This past summer I used a fixed 33" dish. The signal was weak and the skew was touchy. Today on the dish/motor, with the skew at 0 I get a very good signal on all the TPs. Something has changed. I did re align the azimuth on the dish by 1 degree but that would still not account for not having to odd ball the skew.

Update: COZI TV has now diappeared. No signal on TP 11840.

 

[. Raine]

After I switched to a PLL LNB a few months back I can receive it without the odd skew.

 

[jorgek]

COZI TV is back on this morning though its weak and pixalating. Heavy overcast in our area.

Also TP 11880/H/30000 is up Q 40. Never was able to receive in the past.


COZI is now upto Q 65 and solid picture.

 

[Kraven]

Also TP 11880/H/30000 is up Q 40. Never was able to receive in the past.

I confirm this as well. Its Flux'ing between 40 and 60%.. but too weak to scan anything.

 

[Tron]

I finally got fed up with problems on 103W. There is a recurring feed there of great interest to me as well as the Olympics coming up in February. I pulled out a spare 1M Channel Master and set it up on 103W. I now receive all NBC feeds at 70-76 quality (microHD) including COZI and the East/Central feeds, which had been unlockable on my 36" dish. Size and dish quality make all the difference in the world.

 

[Kraven]

Lucky you.. I was able to get NBCs/Cozi/NBC Feeds with the skew at 20 degrees...however the quality was never that high (50-60% at best) and would lose it during the day.

Its starting to get too cold to climb the roof now to adjust.

Cheers, K

 

[fta4life]

On my 1.1 meter motorized dish I am pulling in Cozi tv at around 72 pct and that is on a microhd. The micro signal bar is considerably lower than others such as pansat and Coolsat, On a pansat 72 pct on micro is around 89 on Pansat.


I love that sat but yes scanning in tons of occasional channels that never have anything on them gets on my nerves! Cozi tv is nice though.

 

[primestar31]

On my Prodelin 1.2m dish, I can lock Cozi with 74% MicroHD and that tiny SatAv dual lnb. With my new Prodelin 1.8m dish, and an old invacom lnb, I can lock it at over 86%.

 

[pro96]

1.2m with $5.00 LNB from ebay I lock cozi at 80%

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[catamount]

One metre fixed dish with skew applied; Bandstacked Starchoice Lnb; At the moment, Cozi is locking at 83
Catamount

 

[jorgek]

COZI TV is back on this morning with normal skew.

 

[jorgek]

More fun. Since I'm now consistenly receiving COZI, I thought a test was in order. I swapped out the Avenger PLL LNB with a non PLL type. Well COZI TV disappeared and "0" Q on its TP 11840. The Huntington Beach was at Q75 on TP 11942.
I re installed the PLL LNB and bingo COZI was back at Q 60.