Gopher01,
Blimey, I never realised how aged you really were ! Suitable doffing of cap sir. As for HF, I enjoyed many free conversations with "the lady of my loft" whilst undertaking HF tests on the ground from Dulles, Cairo, Bahrain, and once managed a Beatles job (Hello Goodbye) from the pan Mount Pleasant. All aided by the latest propagation charts (we're they called that?). No doubt, all down to "skip wave"? Or bounce . The pinnacle of home calls had to be a call from overhead the pyramids, SWMBO wouldn't believe where I was. Brian May has spotted the best source for ground access to free home calls though, Portishead, Architect tended to be more formal IMHOP.
Smudge
