The Parkland Amateur Radio Club (P.A.R.C.), consists of very active
and ambitious amateur radio operators, who commonly share a common interest
in many aspects of
amateur Radio, located
in the Parklands, covering East Central Saskatchewan.
Local amateurs in Canora, Saskatchewan in the beginning consisted
of only 3, back
in 2000, and eventually
those same three formed the club, known as the 'Canora Amateur Radio
Club', in February 2002. We started
with a local repeater,
and soon had IRLP or V.O.I.P. Communication installed and linked, which
expanded our range of communication to all around the
world.
Once more operators knew
of our local accomplishments they soon joined our club. In January
2004, we started with the addition of EchoLink
to our existing IRLP Node,
which also improved our
coverage to include communication via computer keyboard. Our goals
as a club seem to be changing
faster than ever and over
the next couple of years
more amateur's joined the club, and in April 2006, we changed our club
name to: The Parkland
Amateur Radio Club Inc.,
(P.A.R.C.).
The Parkland Amateur Radio Club boasts a great repeater network system,
which provides several different modes of communication, to a expanded
coverage area. We are continuously updating our equipment and repeater
network, more information can be viewed on the following link:
http://nonprofits.accesscomm.ca/parc/rpt_services.html
The Parkland amateur Radio Club hosts a
great system, integrating both VHF / UHF and V.O.I.P. communication
systems, that can be linked to other
systems around the world. Our club
achieved this through many volunteer hours from all our members, donations
from fellow ham operators from
far and wide and through the people and organizations
around our local coverage area. We are continuing to grow, by
new members coming on board, and we are constantly upgrading and adding
to our already proven reliable system.
