Category: Hurricane
Hurricane Watch Net
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AM EST (1700 UTC) The Hurricane Watch Net is in Stand-By Mode. The Hurricane Watch Net is closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the…
CQ News: Hurricane Watch Net Activates as Fiona Heads North
The following is from our friends at the Hurricane Watch Net (www.hwn.org): As of 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC) Thursday, Fiona remains a powerful Cat 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. The Hurricane Watch Net will activate…
FCC Extends Waiver Permitting Use of PACTOR 4 for Hurricane Relief Efforts
The FCC has extended by 1 week an emergency waiver request from ARRL to permit radio amateurs actively engaged in Hurricane Dorian response and relief efforts to use the PACTOR 4 digital protocol on HF. “We conclude that granting the…
Amateur Radio Resources Ready as Dorian Poised to Become a Major Hurricane
[UPDATED: 2019-08-29 @1945UTC] Amateur Radio resources organized this week as Hurricane Dorian threatened Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and worked its way through the Caribbean. A change in direction spared Puerto Rico — still recovering from hurricanes Irma and Maria…
Senator Lauds Hams in Post-Hurricane Tweet
Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker – a longtime supporter of amateur radio – used his Twitter feed in October to point out the ways in which hams helped with disaster response efforts in Florida after Hurricane Michael. According to the ARRL Letter,…
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