My name is Chris Edwards. I am a long time ham radio operator, licensed in 1998 as KF4ZMX. I took the call of K4PVZ as a vanity call in 2008. This call originally belonged to my father in law, who is now a SK, so I took his call to use in memorial of and to honor him. Lately. I have taken a liking to special events. Recently I completed the 13 Colonies Special Event (Clean Sweep) and the W1G Battle of Gettysburg special event. Most of the time I just scan the bands looking for DX though.

I am heavily involved with emergency communications (EMCOMM) both through my work and as a ham. I work as a 911 dispatcher day to day for Chatham County. I am also  an active member of Chatham County Auxcomm Socitey where I supplement county communications in times of need. I recently joined with Randolph Amateur Radio Club, as a general interest club, however I am assisting them with starting an Auxcomm group for the county as well. My Stations are equipped to pass emergency traffic via Winlink, VARA-FM, VARA HF, as well as VARACHAT and VARAC. I have both permanent and portable set ups for this purpose.  Right now I am in the planning phases of establishing a VARA-FM RMS and Digipeater to hopefully bridge Randolph to Chatham County.