• Clear Frequencies Requested for Caribbean Hurricane Emergency Traffic

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Wed Nov 18 15:15:24 2020
    11/16/2020

    Stations handling emergency traffic during the response to Category 5 Hurricane Iota, just off the eastern coast of Nicaragua, are requesting clear frequencies.

    Radio amateurs not involved in the emergency response are asked to avoid (ñ 5KHz) the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN[1]) and WX4NHC (National Hurricane Center) frequencies of 14.325 and 7.268 MHz, as well as a Honduran emergency net operation on 7.180 MHz (net control station is HR1JFA), and a Nicaraguan emergency net operating on 7.098 MHz.

    With maximum sustained winds of 160 MPH, Hurricane Iota is expected to bring catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge, and torrential rainfall to Central America. - Thanks to US Virgin Islands Section Manager Fred Kleber, K9VV (operating as WX4NHC)ÿ


    [1] http://www.hwn.org/

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