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TPARC Packet Committee Members |
The Telephone Pioneers Amateur Radio Club (TPARC) are the network designers and implementers of the BC Digital Emergency Services Network. TPARC conceived this public service project in 1989 under the visionary guidance of then President Farrell Hopwood, VE7RD.
TPARC Project Team
Name |
Callsign |
Project Function |
| Mike Sankey e-mail TPARC President TELUS Liaison Officer |
VE7CND | Assistant Network System Manager. Hardware rack design and installation. HF interconnection. |
| Jim Swain e-mail TPARC Vice-President |
VE7JTS | Software implementation and designer. Network System Manager. |
| Robert Douch e-mail TPARC Secretary |
VE7FRU | Hardware rack design and installation. HF interconnection. |
| Hu Reijne email TPARC Treasurer |
VA7HR | Network Operations and provisioning. Switching Network conversions. |
| Bryan Farrar e-mail TPARC Emergency Co-ordinator PEP Liaison |
VE7BFY | Network System Testing. |
| Bill Parkes e-mail TPARC South Island Liaison |
VE7PAR | Frequency Administrator |
| Art Sanderson TPARC Mid & North Island Liaison |
VE7MES | Radio Engineering |
| Lee Woldanski e-mail TPARC Technical Director |
VE7FET | Radio Engineering. Site and Network Maintenance. Website management. |
| Bob Walsh | VE7QRW | Data Equipment Engineering |
| Nick Zaferopoulos TPARC Membership & Fundraising Co-ordinator |
VA7NTZ | Fundraising |
| Doug Wellwood | VE7AQW |