Club History
The Central Coast Amateur Radio Club was FIFTY Years old on Thursday, 18th October, 2007.
The name has changed a few times. At the inaugural meeting in 1957, it was called the ‘Central Coast Amateur Radio Club’, in its early days it was also known as the ‘Gosford Radio Club’ and the ‘Central Coast Branch of the Wireless Institute of Australia’. On the 3rd March 1972, it reverted back to the ‘Central Coast Amateur Radio Club’, and later, on the 20th April 1988 ‘Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Incorporated’ as we know it today.
The Club’s beginnings were recorded in RADIO TELEVISION & HOBBIES, December 1957.
The Central Coast Radio Club was founded at Gosford, NSW, on Friday October 18th (1957) at Gosford School of Arts Hall, Mann Street, Gosford, and 37 persons attended the opening meeting. Local Member of Parliament, Mr. Roger Dean, was elected as patron. President of the new Club was well known amateur, Major Collett VK2RU, and the secretary was Reg Brook, W.I.A. associate of disposals distribution fame. Four members of the N.S.W. W.I.A. council attended, including State President Pierce Healy VK2APQ.