Canal + Norway (Digitaal) Thor - in Northern Corsica ?

[Channel Hopper]

The official footprints say its possible on a 1.8m, but the locals near the coastline - just north of Bastia - say that it cannot be received on any size of dish.

http://www.thor-satellites.com/index.php?click0=3&click1=2&sel0=3&sel1=1&sel2=3&

http://www.thor-satellites.com/index.php?click0=3&click1=2&click2=3&sel0=3&sel1=2&sel2=3&


What would be the right answer ?

 

[Hitchcock]

Which footprint are you referring to when you say it suggests a 1.8 m?

According to the footprints, Thor 2 has +36 dB on the entire island while Thor 3 scrapes the north of the island with 44 dB.

I don't know the dish size for Corsica, but in case you or anyone else is interested, I can tell you that Thor 2 can be received in Iceland with a 1 m dish (EIRP according to footprint: +44 d, while Thor 3 can be received barely with a 3 m (EIRP: not sure), that's only the horizontal transponders though (for vertical further boost of 3 dB likely required).

 

[Channel Hopper]

Corsica is in the middle of the two contours, whilst Sardinia is really only just receiving the lower grade signals

http://www.sailingparadise.com/maps/sicily_corsica_map.gif

I would expect approximately 40dB from Northern Corsica based on the official Thor 2 footprints, but still open for the difinitive answer

 

[Analoguesat]

Interesting -

http://en.kingofsat.net/beams.php?s=28

suggests there are Thor 2 reports on the Italian coast opposite Corsica with an 80 cm

 

[Channel Hopper]

Thanks for that link.
As its available in Sardinia with a 1.2m, then its possible in Corsica.

 

[deepbluesky]

Just a remark: The Thor 2 footprint on its edge is too pessimistic. Even in Athens you can get it with a 2.40m PFA almost all day all frequencies. So a much smaller dish might suffice in Corse/Sardegna. Sirius 3 is another case, much weaker..

Be aware that next year Thor 2R will replace Thor 2, same Sirius 4 as replacement for Sirius 2+3. What their coverage will be, who knows ?