Goals and Information

• Educate prospective amateurs and get them on their way to their foundation licence (or better).
• Encouraging as many as possible local amateurs to participate in club events and social activities.
• Raise the profile of Amateur Radio in the community.
• Manage the radio assets (repeaters and beacons), keeping them in good working order
• Provide operators and equipment for events like JOTA, and other community events, etc

A more precise and complete definition can be found in our rules

Club information

 
The club originated as the NORTH WEST TASMANIA AMATEUR RADIO INTEREST GROUP in 2002, and in May 2009 changed name to CRADLE COAST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB. It has grown steadily during those first years

The club meets monthly, normally on the last saturday of the month. Meeting locations, dates and times are advised on our web site home page, sunday morning broadcasts and sent to members e-mail also. Every alternate month the meeting is designated "SOCIAL", meaning club business will be kept to a minimum, allowing as much time as possible for a display, tech support or guest speaker..

Currently the club is now an incorporated body since the 15th of June 2009. Now, with the modern age of legal liability, the decision to incorporate will give the members a much improved security against financial ruin should some calamity occur. You can't afford to be a member of a club or group that is not incorporated.

The club maintains a combination of 2metre and 70cm repeaters in 3 locations, plus a set of vhf/uhf beacons which provide indication of propagation events for amateurs in distant locations.