In article ,
Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article ,
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Martin Potter wrote:

The sunspot peak of 1968-69 helped a lot. The band was pretty dead
(thankfully) due to low MUF during the early 1960s.

When I said popular, I was refering to the operation within the U.S.
law (which was and is very different than the rest of the world) which
prohibits "skip" operation.

Not at all. It just mandates a certain power input to the finals.

Actually the CB regs _do_ (or at least did) prohibit 'skip' operation.
Look it up. Communication between stations more than 150 (IIRC) miles
apart is expressly forbidden.