10/01/2025
Hurricane Imelda, now a strong Category 1 storm, is forecast to make landfall
on, or come extremely close to Bermuda, late Wednesday evening into early
Thursday morning. The Hurricane Watch Net[1] (HWN) will activate for the first
time this season beginning Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM EDT (1900
UTC).
Activation times and frequencies are as follows:
3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC) on 14.325 MHz
7:00 PM EDT (2300 UTC) on 7.268 MHz
The HWN will remain active on 14.325 MHz for as long as propagation allows or
until no longer needed. Operations on 7.268 MHz will continue until either
propagation fades or the net is no longer required.
The National Hurricane Center[2] in Florida forecasts that Imelda is expected
to bring damaging hurricane-force winds to Bermuda when it passes near or over
that island by Wednesday afternoon or evening. A hurricane warning is now in
effect for Bermuda, where Imelda is likely to cause large and damaging waves
and heavy rainfall could cause flash flooding Wednesday into Thursday.
The National Hurricane Center amateur radio station, WX4NHC[3], will be active
until approximately midnight eastern time on Wednesday, reported WX4NHC Amateur
Radio Assistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R. The Hurricane Center will be
monitoring the HWN as well as the VoIP Hurricane Net (IRLP node 9219/Echolink
WX-Talk Conference 7203).
The NHC can also be contacted via WinLink and online reports;
WX4NHC@winlink.org[4] and use //WL2K in email subject. The NHC asks that you
please send or relay any Surface Reports (weather data, flooding, damage) to
the Hurricane Nets or using any of the available modes listed. You can also use
the WX4NHC On-line Hurricane report Form: Hurricane Online Hurricane Weather
Report Form (fiu.edu)[5].
Swells and high surf from both Imelda and Hurricane Humberto are producing
dangerous surf and coastal flooding along the US east coast. The
double-hurricanes caused damage to homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
One-Year Since Hurricane Helene
This is the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and its devastating impact
on Asheville, North Carolina. There is a write-up on page 3 of the ARRL Roanoke
Division newsletter about a special event station, N2G, which will operate in
honor of the crucial role played by the Mt. Mitchell repeater, N2GE. The
repeater did not lose power in the aftermath of the hurricane and was a vital
link for emergency communications traffic in to, and out of, the region. The
article notes, "As tragic as the damage was, amateur radio shined in its
instantaneous and sustainable response in supplying emergency communications.
... Amateur radio filled key gaps until remote StarLink nodes and commercial
cell sites could be restored." See
www.arrl-roanoke.com/Roanoke_Newsletter_Fall-2025.pdf[6].
[1] https://www.hwn.org/
[2] https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
[3] https://w4ehw.fiu.edu/
[4] mailto:WX4NHC@winlink.org?subject=2FWL2K
[5] https://w4ehw.fiu.edu/WX-form1.php
[6] https://www.arrl-roanoke.com/Roanoke_Newsletter_Fall-2025.pdf
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