Acceptable Use, Privacy and Legal Notices

There is a large amount of "public domain" information containing on this site. This information has been gathered from a wide variety of sources, or shared with this site by the authors gracious enough to share their material under the provision they are cited as the originator of the material.

Although it is public domain, if there is a source cited on the material, please respect the author of the material and share it with those you distribute it to. Some information does not have citations because it was impossible to determine where it originated.

News Media Inquiries:
Linking to the FCARES Web Site:

Members of the news media are required to consult the source of any information presented on this site before using it for any publication or broadcast use.

In order to ensure you have the most accurate and updated information, please contact the source for verification of the information. If the source of the information is not readily apparent, please for assistance.

We are honored that you want to link to this web site! Let's do it in an smart way. As a webmaster, you understand that a web site is not a static entity. Page locations sometimes change. Every effort is made to keep consistent pages on this site. Please link to this site at http://fcares.kyham.net/ as that page will never change.

Accuracy of Information:
Information contained within this site is published primarily by the coordinator of Fayette County ARES. There are however, materials sometimes submitted from a wide variety of sources. The administrator of the site takes due concern to ensure the accuracy of the information. If inaccuracies are discovered, the information will be corrected or removed as quickly as humanly possible. Never hesitate to if you discover an inaccuracy, or wish to provide additional information.
Privacy Policy:

Information presented on this web site has been freely submitted, or is easily available from a publicly accessible web sites. This is not to say that we are not concerned about the privacy of the persons listed as contact points for important amateur radio programs throughout Kentucky. If an individual is listed on this site, and wishes to have a particular segment of information concealed, we respect that. if you have concerns in this area.

There are facilities within this site that transmit information via email by the way of forms filled out by users for a particular purpose. These forms ask for what some would consider personal information. This information is directed at intended parties who will act upon the information.

Please understand that this is not a secure site, and there is a possibly this information could be intercepted by outside parties. Also understand that the type of information you would be transmitting from this site is not confidential like financial information that would need an encrypted connection. If you have concerns about your personal information being transmitted via the forms on this site, please contact the party the information will be received by directly.

In order to prevent email spider spambots from reading email addresses on this site, all email links are javascript driven. This is a little more complicated for the webmaster, but protecting those listed on the site is much more important

Legal Notices:

There are a number of links from which you will leave this site to sites authored by other parties. These links are to sites that have been deemed authentic resources. While FCARES sends users to these sites, its administrator and domain owner take no responsibility for the content of sites outside of FCARES. Users traveling to those sites who find objectionable content should address their concerns to the administrators of their sites. The administrators of this site will remove links to any site that contain objectionable, discriminatory, racial or obscene content.

Throughout this site is a great deal of information about the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) program. "ARES" and "Amateur Radio Emergency Service" are registered service marks of the American Radio Relay League, Incorporated and are used by permission.

Permission was granted by the interpretation by ARRL Legal Counsel Chris Imlay in September 2004. Specifically stated, "ARRL offers ARES group participants the right to use the logo without specific written permission for all ARES functions and while engaged in ARES operations in accordance with the rules and regulations of the ARRL field organization."

The administrator of this web site holds several ARRL field appointments and is an active, participating coordinator in both Kentucky and Fayette County Kentucky ARES. This web site promotes authentic ARES activity within Fayette County, Kentucky.

Use of, linking to, and citing reference to this site and legal notices are outlined by our acceptable use policies.
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