topic Re: Need for retaining my sky dish. in Sky Q

Need for retaining my sky dish.

PETE-KETTLEBORO — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:34:33 GMT

I am runnung my sky Q box from my wi-fi hub , do I still need to keep my sky dish up or would it create any problems if I was to remove it off my house wall and dispose of it ?

Re: Need for retaining my sky dish.

Daniel0210 — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:48:24 GMT

@PETE-KETTLEBORO

A Sky Q box won't work without the dish! It's a satellite TV system.

Re: Need for retaining my sky dish.

Chodley — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:54:35 GMT

You should recycle it

You won't be able to use freesat without it of course.

Re: Need for retaining my sky dish.

Chodley — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:40:03 GMT

Oh just re-read this! I thought you weren't using Q any more. No you can't get rid of it.

Re: Need for retaining my sky dish.

TimmyBGood — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:21:50 GMT

@PETE-KETTLEBORO wrote:

I am runnung my sky Q box from my wi-fi hub ,

You aren't: all live content accessed on numbered EPG channels is arriving through the dish, as is a periodic subscription confirmation signal.

Q doesn't actually need to work this way, but the dishless version which was developed nearly a decade ago never had a UK release and was subsequently overtaken by the purchase of Sky Group by the Comcast Corporation: their online-only platform is Glass/Stream.