The Golden Brick

Behold the Golden Brick: a humble brick-style handheld radio, immortalized in gold paint (I’m not sure what metal is underneath). Gerry Brentnall (WA6E) created it because the club’s highest honor shouldn’t be a plaque on the wall. It should be something heavy, ridiculous, and impossible to ignore.

Greg (KO6TH) handing the honor to Orion (AI6JB)

The Golden Brick is passed from member to member at each year’s Christmas dinner party, presented by its current holder after dinner, alongside the mandatory speeches (sometimes a bit of a roast).

It is, in Gerry’s own words, “a much sought-after and coveted award given for outstanding or otherwise remarkable service to the club.” Note the qualifier: “outstanding” or “otherwise remarkable”. In other words, you don’t have to be a hero. You just have to be a legend in your own way.

Past holders include:

2022 Golden Brick Holder: Brian Gohl (AI6US)
2023 Golden Brick Holder: Smitty (WB1G)
2024 Golden Brick Holder: Greydon Hicks (KC6SLE)
2025 Golden Brick Holder: Greg Dolkas (KO6TH)
2026 Golden Brick Holder: Orion Endres (AI6JB)

Whoever holds the Brick holds the club’s highest calling: to serve, to show up, and to be the kind of ham everyone else is glad to know.