WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, will be on the air for SKYWARN Recognition Day, Saturday, December 7, 1400 until 2300 UTC. Hurricane season officially ends today.
“This will be our 15th year of participation in the SRD, and our 33rd year of public service at NHC,” said Julio Ripoll, WD4R, the WX4NHC Amateur Radio assistant coordinator. “The purp…
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The ARRL Letter for July 11, 2013, contained an incorrect link for the ARRL Hurricane Season Webinar, Monday, July 15, 8-9:30 PM EDT [July 16, 0000-0130 UTC]. The session will present information about the 2013 hurricane season and the Amateur Radio response. The program will offer presentations by representatives from the National Hurricane Center and WX4NHC, the VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurric…
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The ARRL will host a webinar Monday, July 15, 8-9:30 PM EDT [July 16, 0000-0130 UTC], to present information about the 2013 hurricane season and the Amateur Radio response. The program will offer presentations from representatives from the National Hurricane Center and WX4NHC, the VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurricane Watch Net and the ARRL. Webinar registration is open to all, but will be of parti…
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The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami will take place Saturday, June 1, 1300-2100 UTC (9 AM-5 PM EDT). “The purpose of this annual station test is to test all of our radio equipment, computers and antennas using as many modes and frequencies as possible in preparation for this year’s hurricane season,” said WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Vol…
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The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has announced plans to reactivate its nets in advance of Hurricane Sandy’s approach to the East Coast of the United States. The HWN will relay on-the-ground reports from hams to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. The forecasters at the NHC are predicting that Sandy — currently a Category 1 hurricane — will move para…
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The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate at 7 AM EST (1100 UTC) on Wednesday, October 24 for Tropical Storm Sandy, in support of WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. As of 2 PM EST on Tuesday, October 24, the storm is about 275 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica with maximum sustained winds reaching 50 miles per hour. Sandy is mo…
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Seven years to the day that Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans, Hurricane Isaac came calling. But instead of making landfall right at New Orleans like Katrina (a Category 3 storm) did on August 28, 2005, Isaac veered slightly to the west of the city. Through it all, hams at WX4NHC — the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida — and those supporti…
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As Hurricane Isaac makes its way toward New Orleans, hams in the ARRL Delta Division are bracing for the storms impact. As of 12:20 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, August 28, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center confirmed that Isaac — which is 160 miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana — had reached hurricane status.
The Delta Division ARES® EMCOMM Net activated at 12 noon (CDT) on Tuesday. Accord…
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According to WX4NHC Associate Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R, WX4NHC — the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida — along with the VoIP Hurricane Net — will activate on Friday, August 24 in advance of Tropical Storm Isaac. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) stated on its website that it will activate on 14.325 MHz at 3 PM (1900 UTC) on Thursday, August 23 “…
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Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the southern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula late in the evening on Tuesday, August 7. The Category 1 hurricane brought heavy rains and winds, but weakened as it moved across land. Due to this weakening, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami downgraded Ernesto to a tropical storm at 5 AM EDT (0900 UTC) Wednesday morning.
Radio amateurs with…
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At 2 PM EDT (1800 UTC) August 7, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Tropical Storm Ernesto to a Category 1 hurricane. Ernesto is located about 185 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour and moving toward the west-northwest at 14 miles per hour. Radio amateurs with WX4NHC — the Amateur Radio station at the NHC in Miami, Florida — and the VoI…
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Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are calling for a “near-normal” Atlantic hurricane season for 2012. In its initial outlook for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season — which began Friday, June 1 and runs through November 30 — the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is calling for a 50 percent probability of a near-normal season, a 25 percent probability…
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