Coast Radio Society

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 49, 19 June 1931, Page 5

Coast Radio Society

GENERAL meeting of the Grey Radio Society was held in the Station Studio, Cobden, on Friday, June 5, for the purpose of establishing the station on a firm basis. Tt was decided to alter the name "of the society to the West Coast Radia Society, so that it would embrace Hokie tika, Westport, and any other place where good reception could be obtained at any time. An executive consisting of representatives from the different district clubs (Runanga, Greymouth, Brunner, Hokitika, etc.) was formed, and it was arranged that regular meetings be held. The meeting recommended that the executive appoint a committee to organise programmes and also that arrangements be made with the schools in the locality to provide the programmes of the children’s sessions. It was also recommended that members eanvass the district for subscriptions and donations. Mr. Spiers, the organiser and builder of the station, submitted the cost of constructing the station, and it was decided that ways and means be provided for purchasing the entire station. The following officers were elected for the remainder of the term :-President, Mr..McDowell; secretary-treas-urer, Mr. J. Pearson; operator, Mr. Spiers. At the conclusion of the meeting the president broadcast a speech by shortwave, on behalf of the New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters, of which organisation the society’s short-waver, ZL3CW, is the official South Island station. At the conclusion of this broadcast members were shown the intricacies of the transmitter, which is the work of Mr. Spiers.