On another note, surely in this day & age we should not be relying on seriously out dated HF in some of the most remote parts of the world.
Or at the very least get better equipment-perhaps like the HF in Austrailia since that always has been very clear & easily contactable.
Again, the penny pinchers may be indirectly one of the links in a crash but they as usual will never be held to account.
So how much is safety really worth?