My Dad was in a radar picket ship in the Pacific in 1960 and one of his favorite stories was not being able to raise Treasure Island in SF about 100 miles out,

My Dad was in a radar picket ship in the Pacific in 1960 and one of his favorite stories was not being able to raise Treasure Island in SF about 100 miles out, but having no problem conversing with Bremerhaven, and ultimately using USN facility in Bremerhaven to relay messages back and forth with Treasure Island. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Treasure_Island https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Treasure_Islan... Turns out Bremerhaven was a Navy SIGINT station. https://stationhypo.com/2020/12/31/nsga-bremerhaven-disestablished-and-closed-december-31-1972-2/ https://stationhypo.com/2020/12/31/nsga-bremerhaven-disestab...