topic Re: No/Poor Satelite Signal in Sky Q

No/Poor Satelite Signal

Sue.w — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:30:03 GMT

Anybody had problems with Sky signal reception during the very hot weather - I lost reception on all Sky Channels.

Re: No/Poor Satelite Signal

nigea99 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:41:59 GMT

@Sue.w wrote:

Anybody had problems with Sky signal reception during the very hot weather - I lost reception on all Sky Channels.

hi @Sue.w

Hot weather in itself should not cause any signal problems.

However, please see the following page that covers a few problems - if you follow the link through and still have problems then you should find a link to book an engineer if you have your own dish

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-tv-no-satellite-signal-sky-q

If you have a communal system you may have to contact your building management to deal with the technicians responsible for the system

Re: No/Poor Satelite Signal

Sue.w — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:46:27 GMT

Now the temperatures have dropped where I live the signal has returned. I assume the dish was distorted by the extremely hot temps moving it out of alignment.

Re: No/Poor Satelite Signal

mr.tickle — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:24:07 GMT

@Sue.w wrote:
Now the temperatures have dropped where I live the signal has returned. I assume the dish was distorted by the extremely hot temps moving it out of alignment.

Ok, but it's still worth getting it checked for next time - we will have many more heat waves (sadly).

A properly working aligned dish does not move, or lose signal, in hot weather. Very heavy thunder/snow storms are the achilles' heels, not heat.

Re: No/Poor Satelite Signal

Sue.w — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:30:18 GMT

Thanks for replies. Signal is still breaking up. Engineer booked.

Re: No/Poor Satelite Signal

Daniel0210 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:33:27 GMT

@Sue.w
Also check that the connections from the Sky dish going into the back of your Sky Q box are still finger tight.