Club History
Costal Plains
Amateur Radio Club (CPARC) members are involved in all areas of the Amateur
Radio Hobby, with priority given to being prepared to help the surrounding
Community during an Emergency or Natural Disaster. We have an active group
of Emergency Coordinators (EC's) and Assistant EC's who work hard to make
certain CPARC is ready should our capabilities be called on by community
officials. The involvement of CPARC members make the job of our EC's and
the EC program much easier. CPARC is known though out the State of Georgia
as the club where members are like family.
In 1978 a group of
Amateur Radio Operators who were studying together for their upgrades, decided
to start a Radio Club in this area. The first objective of the newly
formed club was to install a repeater to help fill the void of repeater coverage
on Interstate 75. At the time the nearest repeaters were in Warner Robins
to the North, Albany to the West, and Valdosta to the South. The new club
members worked hard to bring a repeater online to fill this communications void
for the Interstate travelers.
Over the years these
original members have updated and upgraded the repeater system, continuously
improving its coverage area as well as its capabilities. Along with the
improvements made to the repeater over the years, CPARC members have been
involved in all areas of the hobby. At various times, classes were
conducted, bringing new operators into our great hobby. Along with the
classes, our members have elmered individuals, one on one, bringing new
operators into the hobby and club as well.
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W4PVW Mr. Don Dasher
Here is a picture of Mr Don Dasher W4PVW, an original founding member of
Coastal Plains Amateur Radio Club. This is W4PVW in his shack in
Ashburn. He helped all the early members of CPARC as the started in
Amateur Radio until his untimely death. Mr Don was an avid and proficient
CW operator. He was a CW operator in the Navy and always set the example
of good operating procedures to those Amateur operators who knew
him.
New members will hear many great stories about this friend to all. |
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| Here is a great picture of W4PVW at the base of his tower
outside his shack. The picture was taken by Greg W4GHW I think. Greg had
probably been up the tower working on the antenna's. |
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