The Christchurch Amateur Radio announce this award to celebrate the club’s centenary.
ZL100RSC
This Special Event Callsign celebrates the centenary of the Radio Society of Christchurch on 15th February 2021. It was active from 14th January until 13th April 2021. And culminated in the Radio Society of Christchurch (New Zealand) Centenary Award
The Christchurch Amateur Radio announce this award to celebrate the club’s centenary for contacts during February 2021. During this period you where able to use any band and any mode, including repeaters, digital voice reflectors, EME, Satellites, VHF, UHF, and HF. using the above callsign Endorsements were available for working all contacts on a single band or mode. The award was free! Logs were sent to NZART or ZL3DW. A Certificate was emailed out to any station achieving 100 points during the month of February. ZL100RSC is a compulsory contact worth 25 points, the club station ZL3AC is worth 10 points and Christchurch Amateur Radio members are worth 5 points each. Double points will apply on 15th February (UTC for DX stations), the 100th anniversary of the first club meeting.
The Christchurch Amateur Radio Club http://www.chchhamradio.org.nz traces back to the Radio Society of Christchurch that was founded in 1921.
Members 1923
Convention 1931
Canterbury Branch 1932
From the 1960s the club was located at 27 Galbraith Avenue, Avonside. After the major earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 the site near the Avon River, along with most of the surrounding suburb, was deemed to be so severely damaged that no repair work would be carried out. The club became itinerant in April 2013 as we had to vacate the old clubrooms prior to demolition. In November 2013 a disused hall in the suburb of Fendalton became available and we began holding meetings and settling in at the new location. The club is now thriving in the new location. We are looking forward to celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Radio Society of Christchurch in February 2021.
