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CHARL was organized by a group of 33 amateurs in Bohol on January
31, 1986. A month later, on March 8, we became an affiliate member club of the Cebu
Amateur Radio League, Inc. (CARL) - thus giving us instant recognition by the Philippine
Amateur Radio Association (PARA) which is the umbrella organization of all Amateur Radio
Clubs in the Philippines, and also by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). We
were the first affiliate member club of CARL!
The club's first president was Dr. Margarito Lim (DU7RI), and our first
office was located at 166 CPG North Ave., Tagbilaran City. It was moved to #1 H. Grupo
Street in 1992 but was moved back to its original location in 1994.
In early 1987, our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws were adopted.
That same year, we were able to put up our own repeater system at Jandig, Maribojoc on
frequency 145.000 MHz plus 600 KHz in the 2-meter band. We were then able to purchase a
40-meter HF transceiver which enabled us to communicate with other PARA-member clubs in
the country and the rest of the world. The general calling frequency of PARA in the
40-meter band is 7.045 MHz.
On May 22, 1987, the club was registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-stock, non-profit organization and was accredited by
the National Telecommunications Commission on October 21, 1987. We are Bohol's first and
only member club of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association, given the Certificate of
Affiliation No. 0008-87 on July 18, 1987.
In late 1998, due to the efforts of Gerry Marmito (DU7BBY), we then
moved our repeater's receiver unit to Dauis town while strengthening our transmitter unit
in Jandig, Maribojoc town, and installing a new transmitter system in Mayana, Jagna town,
via repeater link. The link was finally complete with the addition of a receiver unit in
Mayana during the turn of the new millennium. Hams from all over the province can now
communicate via portable radio.
CHARL is aimed at improving the amateur radio service thru the
development of the skill in the science & technology of radio communications thru
experimentations, expeditions and others. CHARL members also provide free services to the
public in the form of civic duties, assistance, rescue operations, etc., thru radio
communications.
From a modest 33 charter members in 1986, the club now grew to about 200 members coming
from all over the province.
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| Charter Members: |
• Alba, Roberto
• Ang, Alberto
• Besas, Alvin
• Blanco, Julio
• Blanco, Rodolfo
• Dumadag, Venerando
• Labado, Salvador
• Lao, Jorge
• Lim, Alexander
• Lim, Elmer
• Lim, George
• Lim, Guido
• Lim, Leo
• Lim, Margarito
• Lim, Morris
• Lim, Pek Jen
• Lim, Rodolfo
• Lim, Steven
• Moore, Aleth
• Nazareno, Roberto
• Ong, Frederick
• Ormoc, Joseph
• Sanchez, Baby
• Sanchez, William
• Sia, Cipriano
• Uy, Albert
• Uy, Edilfonso
• Uy, Margaret
• Uy, Prisco
• Uy, Roy
• Yap, Albert
• Yap, John
• Yap, Simplicio |
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