HF Radio passing slowly into history. A system that never worked thatwell froma clarity point of view but oh so often the only game in town.
Mrs PB was an operator for Speedbird London HF back in the day, all kinds of requests from crews to phone wives and girlfriends (by same captains) -pass cricket scores, odd requests like pax leaving false teeth behind at airport and can they be looked after , unintelligable Braniff crews with Texan drawls and equally unitelligable JAL crew on the trans Siberian route who seemingly only knew the way point names and always seemed to use same the passing and expected times wherever they were. Gentler times