Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club, Owen Sound, Ontario, CANADA

Mission

Our goal is to improve our knowledge in electromagnetic communication, make our expertise available to our community and to encourage and assist others to enter the world of amateur radio.

Our club was founded in November 1973, incorporated in May of 1993 and has operated continuously since.

If your community or charitable event needs reliable radio communications for health and welfare, safety, security or logistics, please contact one of the executive by clicking the "contact" link on the footer on this and any page.

They will be more than happy to assist you.

Constitution By-Laws

Executive

President
Tex VE3USI
president at gbarc.ca

Vice President
Marvin VE3VCG
vice-pres at gbarc.ca

Secretary
Bobby VE3PAV
secretary at gbarc.ca

Treasurer
Doug VE3DGY
treasurer at gbarc.ca

G.B.A.R.C. is a Radio Amateurs of Canada Affiliated Club

Repeaters

GBARC operates 3 repeaters.
VE3OSR in Owen Sound 146.94- T97.4,
VE3GBT in Paisley 146.730- T97.4,
VE3OST 146.895- Portable

We can also be contacted on Echolink on Node 333014. Using our repeater, you can easily connect to other repeaters all over the world.
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These are "open" repeaters, free for anyone to use. The repeaters, club events and this website are funded by G.B.A.R.C. membership dues.

Privacy Policy

The Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club respects your privacy. The data you enter into signup forms or online forms used to vote or state your preferences are used only as a record of your participation or to contact you. Your details are not published online anywhere other than information that may be in the public domain and may be only shared with members of the club executive committee.

New members will be automatically subscribed to receive newsletter and mailings as published by the club. This could be by electronic means or by postal mail.

During club events and meetings, photographs may be taken to record and document activities. Club members agree to their image being recorded for club use.

Cookie Policy

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Website Disclaimer
The information provided by Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club Inc. ("we," "us," or "our") on http://www.gbarc.ca (the "Site") is for general informational purposes only. All information on the Site is provided in good faith, however we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of any information on the Site.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SITE OR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Website External Links Disclaimer
The Site may contain (or you may be sent through the Site) links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties or links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. Such external links are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness by us.

WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OFFERED BY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LINKED THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY WEBSITE OR FEATURE LINKED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING. WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

Fair Dealing Exemptions

Fair Dealing is an exception in the Canadian Copyright Act that outlines the permitted unauthorized use of copyrighted materials for specific, mandated purposes.

In Canada, these purposes include: research, private study, education, parody, satire, criticism, review, or news reporting.

For research and private study, education, parody and satire, no special requirements are required.

For criticism, review, and news reporting, the source and author must be named to constitute fair dealing.

The Copyright Act of Canada, Section 29

Providing communication solutions for another organizations events.

This means club volunteers may hold a location along a course or trail to provide event organizers with timely information about event participants, their progress along the course, or to highlight possible hazardous situations and report same. This may also include a centrally located communications post which communicates with all volunteers and can then inform the host club or group(s) as the case may dictate.

It is important that groups who use our club are aware that we provide communications ONLY.
We do NOT provide traffic or crowd control or event security or any other function that does not involve communications.
The club will not knowingly expose our membership to hazards in the course of assisting other groups.
Our involvement will be for volunteers to inform our control station who will then relay this information to the applicable group.