Founders;
Bill Newland – WB5ETZ and Dick Sander – K5QY
How PARK was started – Dick Sander – K5QY
Bill Newland and I got together and decided to form a radio club in Plano. April 7th, 1973.
I had a callbook to search for Plano HAMs. On the air I had worked Bill Swan – K5MWC – so he was the first one I contacted with the idea.
From my callbook: Jack Freeman – WA5EDK, Harry Johnson – WA5YCM, and Ed Lawrence were contacted. Also, Bill Niles – K5MVB and a couple were contacted.
This became the first 10 members. That is how PARK was started.
73, Dick Sander – K5QY
On Thursday night April Five
The Plano Amateur Radio Klub came alive.
Bill Allen was on 40,
And Dick, K5QNY,
Began a friendly QSO
And they both wondered why
We didn’t have a ham club;
Then Dick fired up his patch
And called Bill Newland, ETZ;
The club began to hatch!
Then Saturday, April 7
To Bill Allen’s QTH
Came QNY and ETZ
For a meeting face to face
With Bill Swan, K5MWC;
And Harry Johnson, too;
And Jack, WA5EDK;
and Carole NQQ.
We talked about alot of things
And made alot of plans
To bring about a lively club.
For Plano and area hams.
The next Thursday night we met again
At K5QNY’s.
And there was Gerald, SID,
Ed Lawrence and Bill Niles.
We started to work on the constitution,
amendments, by-laws and elocution;
We worked until we were ready to drop
And the club plan grew;
It didn’t stop.
The next week we went to Harry’s, WA5YCM,
And talked and worked until about 10.
Then back to the Allens the following week;
Everybody was there and eager to speak.
We’ve done our best to make some plans
With goals that benefit every ham.
But there’s nothing more that we can do
Without your help – We’re depending on you.
And now for some things I couldn’t rhyme.
My only excuse is there wasn’t time –
At the April 26 meeting, the group consisting of the total ten organizers unamimously voted to approve the constitution as drawn up and submit/at the first meeting of the Plano Amateur Radio Klub.
W5NCR motioned that the following slate of interim officers be considered at the first meeting: President, Bill Niles, K5MVB; Vice-President, Dick Sander, K5QNY; Treasurer, Bill Swan, K5MWC; Secretary, Carole Allen, W5NCQ; and Activities Manager, Bill Newland, WB5ETZ.
Plano Amateur Radio Klub meets!
50 years of Presidential Leadership.
2021 — Tim Johnson K5TCJ
2017 — 2021 Sean Kelly W5SPK
2013 — 2017 Bruce Dingman N5BYL
2009 — 2013 Kip Moravec AE5IB
2007 — 2009 Charles Taylor K5USS
2005 — 2007 John Beadles N5OOM
2003 — 2005 Barry Goldblatt WA5KXX
1999 — 2003 Bruce Dingman W5SPK
1999 Bill Drake KJ5ZV
1998 — 1999 Martin Reynolds N5LIF/NV5D
1997 — 1998 Charles Cashion W5ISZ
1996 — 1997 Bill Drake KJ5ZV
1995 — 1996 Bill Drake KJ5ZV
1994 — 1995 John Creel N5OON
1993 — 1994 Dick Hoff AA5NT
1992 — 1993 Craig Young KA5BOU
1991 — 1992 Dick Hoff AA5NT
1990 — 1991 Debbie Varian KA5HQY
1989 — 1990 Debbie Varian KA5HQY
1988 — 1989 Pat Dougan KI5R
1987 — 1988 Cort Steinhorst WA5BDO
1986 — 1987 Byron Harrison K5AIT
1985 — 1986 Jerrel Jones W5TUU
1984 — 1985 Bob Bartels K5MVZ
1983 — 1984 Don Barton KC5AJ
1982 — 1983 Pat Dougan KI5R
1981 — 1982 Gene Ingram WD5FZM / KC5WX
1980 — 1981 John Barber N5JB
1979 — 1980 Gene Ingram WD5FZM/KC5WX
1978 — 1979 Tom Hart WB5OHM
1977 — 1978 Bill Harlow K5RPK
1977 Mike Apsey W5VKC / K4YVM
1976 — 1977 Joe Blair WB5EWW / N5WB
1975 — 1976 Bill Swan K5MWC
1974 — 1975 David Box WA5BMC / K5MWR
1973 — 1974 Bill Niles K5MVB
