Then there are the base stations that enjoy different callsign status, 'Bulldog’ base being the tag for many years of the Helimuster operation at Victoria River Downs. Made famous for its collection of '47's and top line drivers – he he - during the big cattle clean up campaigns. I have heard ex slaves argue with each other as to who was the ‘top slave’ back in '82 or ‘84 or whenever. One such ex HM driver a kiwi bloke, called up bulldog base a few years ago to say g'day as he was going over on a commercial and no one even responded even though they still use the freq. Talk about a letdown. I just happened to hear him from some distance away and was able to say g’day.
Another is “Moonraker” base, its name origin not well known.
It's close by one of our main defence bases at where the newbie WAAF traffickers are inducted early each year which is during the tail end of the wet season. Made me smile somewhat when one of them with her sweet little dulcet voice asked me if I was inbound for 'Moonraker' a couple of years back, when I was having serious divert problems with low cloud and very heavy monsoon wx.
Legend has it the tag comes from a lady of some talent, reputed to have 'lit up' twenty road train drivers in one night. The connection being that the road trains owner also owned the block of land where the base now is.