My QTH is in the radio-quiet woods of Maine (about 70 miles from where Andover Earth Station was located, to communicate with Telstar 1 in 1961).  Lately, I've been experimenting with very low RS-44 passes to my northeast.  This morning, for instance, I heard my CW signal with fade but peaking at S3 during a <1 degree pass that lasted a little over one minute.  I was calling CQ but heard no one responding.  The RS-44 footprint at that time covered all of SV and northwest TA, which got me thinking.  Does anyone know of SAT activity in those two countries?  If so, I'd like to sked with SV and TA for two new DXCC entities.  I'm also happy to sked with anyone interested in experimenting with RS-44 when it's making a low pass at your QTH and I'm in its footprint.  CW is the best mode, by far.  The giant horn antenna that Andover Earth Station had (now dismantled) is only a pipedream of mine.

Wes NA1ME

FN54 Maine