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Great South Bay 
Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704 

"....serving the Community through Public Service."

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 The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services - T.O.B.A.R.E.S.-   supplies auxiliary communications as needed as ARES / RACES / SKYWARN / Red Cross Communications plus other locally served agencies. 

A.R.E.S.-Amateur Radio Emergency Services is a part of the ARRL that helps     to train operators and provide operators during times of emergencies. In addition, local A.R.E.S. groups help to provide communications for walkathons, bike-a-thons, marathons and Special Olympics, just to name a few.  Most of the T.O.B.A.R.E.S. members are also GSBARC members.            

R.A.C.E.S.- Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services is part of Civil Defense.   This group provides communication between government agencies during times of a declared emergency.

In the Long Island area, both groups work closely together. Many hams are members of both groups.

GSBARC helps to support T.O.B.A.R.E.S..  All GSBARC repeaters are reserved for T.O.B.A.R.E.S. use during times of emergency. Also the weekly T.O.B.A.R.E.S. net is held on the 146.685 repeater every Monday evening at 20:15 ( 8:15 PM EST ).

We also maintain the 445.850 MHz repeater even though it is owned by T.O.B.A.R.E.S.

T.O.B.A.R.E.S. meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at 20:00 ET
( 8:00 PM) in the Babylon Town Hall Emergency Operations Center. You do not have to be a member to attend these meetings.  If you would like to join T.O.B.A.R.E.S. or just want more information, you can come down to any meeting or contact Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI by
E-Mail or phone (631) 957-0218.

This page was last Updated on 07/17/08

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