topic New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television in Sky Q

New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

Hettema — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:28:44 GMT

I am in desperate need to get clarification on how can I get Sky Q so that the dish is not visible from the outside. I am in a new build.

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

PandJ2020 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:38:54 GMT

If you're not allowed a dish then you can't have Sky Q.

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

SKY1992bf — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:41:16 GMT

@Hettema the only way I can think of is to mount the dish onto a pole in the back garden assuming you have a garden pointing in the same direction as the front of house

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

Hettema — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:43:51 GMT

My garden is behind the house. Apparently, I would need to have it on top of my roof with an arm extender.Not sure how great this would be.

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

nigea99 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:52:22 GMT

hi @Hettema

Have you spoken to the builders/ housing management to see if they possibly have set up a communal feed to the property.

I know most probably do not but I think some that do have such retrictions have provided houses with a communal feed alongside other fibre services

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

Hettema — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:55:48 GMT

I presume that they do not as they state that Sky must put it in the loft like other houses. Somehow, I do not think that is possible. Am i incorrect?

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

PandJ2020 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:23:17 GMT

@Hettema wrote:
I presume that they do not as they state that Sky must put it in the loft like other houses. Somehow, I do not think that is possible. Am i incorrect?

Terrestrial aerials work in lofts, satellite dishes do not.

Q needs a dish or a feed from as such (there are various communal methods but it would seem not to apply here).

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

Godfrey — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:39:59 GMT

@Hettema If your garden is large enough you might be able to have a local satellite specialist engineer install a satellite dish on a pole looking over your roofline to the Astra 28.2 East satellite cluster.

Godfrey.

Re: New Build and am not allowed my satellite dish. Now what as I want to record television

nigea99 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:56:58 GMT

@Hettema wrote:

I presume that they do not as they state that Sky must put it in the loft like other houses. Somehow, I do not think that is possible. Am i incorrect?

@Hettema

You are not incorrect.

the very weak signals reaching the earth from approx 2200 miles above the equator struggle to get through Tree foliage so any Roof material is a none starter.

It is amazing what advice can be given - but then again the people who come up with such regulations seem more bothered about Architectual aesthetics rather than customers needs