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
Hello Wes,
I have seen a similar e-mail you have sent a while ago and I have already informed some folks in SV. Unfortunately my humble station would only dream a 1 degree pass.
I will drop them a reminder in case...
73 de SV1LJJ Apostolos
On Tue, 2022-05-31 at 08:10 -0400, Wes Baden wrote:
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
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