1960: The club started in Waltham, Massachusetts as the Sanborn Employees Radio Amateur Club (SERAC).
1961: The club received the call sign K1SXP and after the Sanborn Company was purchased by the Hewlett Packard Company, the club became known as the Hewlett Packard Amateur Radio Club, "HPARC."
1975: The call sign W1HJS was issued to the club.
1996: The club, now located in Andover, Massachusetts, received the call sign W1HP.
1999: Hewlett Packard Company decided to reorganize itself and the portion of the company that is located in Andover, Massachusetts has become a part of Agilent Technologies. The club has now become known as the HP/Agilent Radio Club and still retains the call sign W1HP, and is still the "HPARC."
2001: The Healthcare Solutions Group of Agilent Technologies is sold to Philips Medical. We are now known as the Hp/Philips/Agilent Radio Club, still W1HP and still HPARC!
2002: In a meeting on 16 January 2002, the club decided to rename ourselves the Philips Amateur Radio Club, PARC. We retain the call sign W1HP for history's sake.
Updated 16 January 2002
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