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.
