Our History
The North Shore Citizen Band Radio Club Inc., started with a small
group of like minded C.B.ers meeting in late 1976 and became an
Incorporated Society in mid 1977. The Club grew rapidly over the
first twelve months, attaining a membership of 140.
The first President was Murray Brown (the then AK3929) and the Vice
President was John Jones (the then AK1104) - known to most as `Doctor
John'. We still have a founder member currently among our members,
AK4985 - Barry Hamblin, known as Putt Putt.
Our other longest serving member is Brian Fryer AK1929, who is our
Communications Co-ordinator and CBRANZ (Citizen Band Radio Association
of New Zealand) representative.
Over the years the Club has had it's fair share of ups and downs
with membership fluctuating from as little as 20 to as many as 300,
in line with the popularity of C.B. as a whole. Our membership currently
stands at just over 42 (March 2007), and our members can be found
in Auckland, Paeroa, Greymouth, Waiheke Island, Palmerston North,
Christchurch, Dunedin and as far afield as Australia.
Communications Team
Our Communications Team provides communications
for Clubs or Organisations who require communication between control
points for their events.
We provide `point to point' communications and also provide equipment
and information for a multitude of organisations.
Club Meetings
Our Club Meetings are held on the second Wednesday
of every month at 7.45 p.m. at the North Shore Civil Defence, 400
East
Coast
Road,
Mairangi Bay, Auckland. Admission is free for the first visit, subsequent
visits and members $2.50, 5-15 yrs inclusive $2.00. Click on our
CONTACTS link below for the location of our club rooms.
Club Magazine
We produce a monthly magazine `Ten Four'. This is posted
to all our members and to C.B. Clubs throughout New Zealand. We attempt
to produce a magazine which people will want to read. Apart from
the usual reports from the Committee, we have `Shore Talk' - our
`hot gossip column' about our members and the exploits they get up
to; informative articles and all those funny (and sometimes naughty)
bits to bring a smile to your face.
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