Radio Club Growing

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31993, 21 May 1969, Page 7

Radio Club Growing

Ham radio enthusiasts in New Zealand are now outnumbered by members of Citizens Band Radio Clubs throughout the country, according to the president of the Canterbury Citizens’ Band Radio Club (Mr N. Pipe). There were 500 registered Citizens’ band radio operators in Christchurch alone, he said last evening. Club members used walkietalkie radios working on a special frequency known as the Citizens’ band to talk to friends, he said. Although the radios had only a limited range of about 20 miles, in times of freak conditions Christchurch members had picked up broadcasts from Auckland and the Chatham Islands.

Mr Pipe said that the club made a regular broadcast to members every Monday at 7 p.m. when news was exchanged. The club also cooperated with civil defence organisations in the event of disasters and members took part in civil defence exercises.

Any person could join the club even if he did not have a walkie-talkie radio set, said Mr Pipe. If interested they should get in touch with the Secretary, Mr E. T. Forrester, phone 525-289.

Officers elected at the club’s annual meeting were:—President, Mr N. Pipe: vice-presi-dent, Mr G. Dunlop; secre-tary-treasurer, Mr E. T. Forrester: civil defence officer, Mr A. Roswell; committee, Messrs B. Cook, P. Sintes, C. Nichols, N. Tebay, N. Dennis, P. Mummery, K. Steffensen, and Mrs D. Dennis.