CLARC has a solid heritage – let’s continue the legacy! If you know of a missing CLARC milestone, please contact us.
CLARC was founded in August of 1987 by:
Bob Biekert, KA5GLX; Kevin Biekert, KB5AQV; Ruth Biekert, N5JVV; Barry Dunlap, KA5KTH; Jim Heil, KB5AWM; Eugene McMahon, WB5FOF; Greg Treece, KA9WKK; Marie VanderWeele, KA5HFH
The Presidents of CLARC:
| Name & Callsign | Term |
| Greg Treece, KA9WKK | September 1987 – December 1987 |
| Bob Biekert, KA5GLX | January 1988 – March 1989 |
| Roger Blouch, K3WIV | April 1989 – March 1990 |
| Jack Gafford, KB5GNA | April 1990 – March 1991 |
| John Satagaj, N5NYD | April 1991 – March 1992 |
| Kevin Biekert, KB5AQV | April 1992 – March 1994 |
| Dick Wilke, N5SPU | April 1994 – March 1995 |
| John Maca, AB5SS | April 1995 – March 1996 |
| Rod Troch, N2ZVV | April 1996 – March 1998 |
| Tim Firkowski, KB9DGB | April 1998 – March 1999 |
| Tom Frobase, N3LLL | April 1999 – March 2001 |
| Nick Lance, KC5KBO | April 2001 – April 2002 |
| George Fletcher, AD5CQ | April 2002 – March 2004 |
| Ken Ransom, N5VHO | April 2004 – March 2006 |
| April 2006 – March 2007 | |
| April 2007 – March 2008 | |
| April 2008 – March 2009 | |
| April 2009 – March 2010 | |
| April 2010 – March 2011 | |
| Steve Hester, K5STV | April 2011 – March 2012 |
| Curt Tallman, WB5UZZ | April 2012 – March 2014 |
| David Fretz, K5DLF | April 2014 – March 2016 |
| Kelvin Hickman, K5KGH | April 2016 – March 2018 |
| Tanner Jones, W9TWJ | April 2018 – March 2020 |
| Daniel Nagala, KG5PVP | April 2020 – March 2021 |
Notable CLARC Happenings:
- CLARC founded in August 1987 as an ARRL Affiliated club
- First CLARC meeting was September 1987 with 13 hams attending
- The first CLARC newsletter was produced in December 1987
- The first CLARC Field Day was held June 1988
- CLARC became an ARRL Special Services club in 1988
- The KA5GLX/R CLARC Repeater went on the air September 1988 – 1st UHF repeater in Clear Lake area
- Kevin Biekert KB5AQV wins ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Award for 1988
- The first CLARC VE Test Session was held at the Freeman Memorial Library in January 1989
- Jim Heil KB5AWM wins the AEA Ham Ambassador of the year for establishing the Amateur Radio Helpline
- Sandy Hawley N5OLU and Jim Heil KB5AWM win the QST Cover Award, April 1991
- CLARC trains 9 school groups and achieves 100% SAREX contacts with 9 Shuttle Flights to support JSCARC SAREX projects, June 1992- September 1993
- Jim Heil KB5AWM wins the ARRL Silver Antenna Award 1992
- CLARC WWW Homepage on the Internet August 1994
- CLARC launches first balloon on October 9th 1994
- CLARC Internet WormHole goes on the air October 15th 1995
- CLARC NetRom Packet Node goes on the air November 1995
- CLARC WWW page, and Listservers move from Phoenix to the WormHole, June 1996
- Gulf Coast Ham Convention Web Page created by CLARC and hosted on the WormHole, July 1996
- Joint CLARC/JSCARC WIDE APRS Digi goes on the air October 1996
- New Motorola Repeater replaces old GE repeater on December 19th, 1996
- G4KLX, father of Linux AX25 UTILS uses our WormHole December 1996
- CLARC donates web space for the Houston Vintage Radio Association 1997
- Repeater moves from its site of 10 years to a new site – December 1997
- May, 1998 CLARC uses bulk mailing of the CLARC newsletter
- April 24, 1998 CLARC puts 9600 baud packet on-line at the WormHole
- September 1999 CLARC member Jennifer Shane N5WFP wins the Tom and Judith Comstock Scholarship from the ARRL
- December 1999 CLARC starts APRS I-Gate
- January 2001 CLARC Wormhole is upgraded
- September 4th 2001 CLARC supports ISS contact from Seabrook Intermediate School via W5RRR JSCARC
- Temporary repeater installed to support Field Day June 2002
- Spectrum repeater installed but had internal noise
- Kenwood Repeater installed – fantastic!
- First ever CLARC Echolink for 9/11 net using the new Kenwood Repeater
- CLARC member and prior Vice President Andrew Koenig KE5GDB wins 2009 AR Newsline’s Young Ham of the Year