Not just San Francisco. One of my mentors used to tell of calling an Alaskan coast station as he was about to enter harbour, and being answered by Wellington Harbour Radio. John F5VLF/G3PAI john.rab
Wow, quite respectable. Sea water may have helped a bit here :-) I bet it is also possible to have detections from EU stations in SA, e.g. at YV7MAE, who is in a perfect location! 73, Stefan Am 18.08