Temporarily taking down our sky

[tuuti776655]

We are having the house rendered and the chap has asked that we take down our sky q dish.

He said we can replace it two days later when its dry.  Anybody have any tips?  If we take it off the wall will we lose sky q and the broadband until it is put back up?

Are we better asking a sky installer to remove and replace  it?  Does the sighting need to be exact?

Apologies if the question is mundane and the answer obvious but I know my limitations.  Scaffold is up so it is very easy to access I may add.

All advice gratefully received

Thank you

[GD1]

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@tuuti776655 wrote:

We are having the house rendered and the chap has asked that we take down our sky q dish.

He said we can replace it two days later when its dry.  Anybody have any tips?  If we take it off the wall will we lose sky q and the broadband until it is put back up?

Are we better asking a sky installer to remove and replace  it?  Does the sighting need to be exact?

Apologies if the question is mundane and the answer obvious but I know my limitations.  Scaffold is up so it is very easy to access I may add.

All advice gratefully received

Thank you

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You will lose Sky Q channels as there is no live feed, broadband will remain unaffected so you could use Sky Go in the interim period.

You can call Sky but there may be a wait time for their installer to be available, you may be better getting an independant installer who could do it when you need it doing.

[TimmyBGood]

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@tuuti776655 wrote:

Does the sighting need to be exact?

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Very, yes, given its target is 22,000 miles away with the output power of a lightbulb.  It's also sensitive on three axis (azimuth, elevation and skew) and so fairly impossible to align precisely enough without access to a signal meter.

[bob1234]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@tuuti776655 wrote:

Does the sighting need to be exact?

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Very, yes, given its target is 22,000 miles away with the output power of a lightbulb.  It's also sensitive on three axis (azimuth, elevation and skew) and so fairly impossible to align precisely enough without access to a signal meter.

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Just to add a suitable signal strength meter the cheap ones sold on amazon/ebay are just not suitable a suitable one will probably be dearer than getting a professional to put the dish back and align it.

Taking it down is easy enough if you are OK working from a ladder and requires no special skills so you only need to pay someone to put it back.

[Laing1]

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@bob1234 wrote:

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@tuuti776655 wrote:

Does the sighting need to be exact?

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Very, yes, given its target is 22,000 miles away with the output power of a lightbulb.  It's also sensitive on three axis (azimuth, elevation and skew) and so fairly impossible to align precisely enough without access to a signal meter.

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Just to add a suitable signal strength meter the cheap ones sold on amazon/ebay are just not suitable a suitable one will probably be dearer than getting a professional to put the dish back and align it.

Taking it down is easy enough if you are OK working from a ladder and requires no special skills so you only need to pay someone to put it back.

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@tuuti776655 to  add to @bob1234 thought. Some one was asking on here the other day about removing their dish and a suitable meter for puting it back up again. One of our regulars told them that to get a meter that would be suitable for a wideband LNB would be around £299 so possible cheaper to either get Sky to remove it at around £65 then a furthwe £65 to have it put back again.

[bob1234]

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@Laing1 wrote:

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@bob1234 wrote:

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@tuuti776655 wrote:

Does the sighting need to be exact?

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Very, yes, given its target is 22,000 miles away with the output power of a lightbulb.  It's also sensitive on three axis (azimuth, elevation and skew) and so fairly impossible to align precisely enough without access to a signal meter.

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Just to add a suitable signal strength meter the cheap ones sold on amazon/ebay are just not suitable a suitable one will probably be dearer than getting a professional to put the dish back and align it.

Taking it down is easy enough if you are OK working from a ladder and requires no special skills so you only need to pay someone to put it back.

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@tuuti776655 to  add to @bob1234 thought. Some one was asking on here the other day about removing their dish and a suitable meter for puting it back up again. One of our regulars told them that to get a meter that would be suitable for a wideband LNB would be around £299 so possible cheaper to either get Sky to remove it at around £65 then a furthwe £65 to have it put back again.

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I have a Labgear S501 it cost about  £300.