Just curious
I owned a pastoral station in the Upper Gascoyne back in the 1970s when the only communication was HF SSB through the RFDS. Our call sign was 8NQ Cobra and we had a 100W Codan Homesteader which was pretty swish compared to the older Traeger sets.
I remember the base station was licensed, but I don't recall any sort of individual certificate to operate. My kids used it for school of air including my baby son, now 40, who was a sometime participant in kindy of the air.
The radio was our only lifeline to the rest of the world back then and we "knew" other squatter families and small communities a thousand miles away.
Does this mean I am still able to use a radio other than an aircraft radio if the opportunity arises?
Kaz