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The VoIP Hurricane Net secured on Monday 7/8/24 at 1100 AM EDT as Beryl weakened to a tropical storm at that time. The VoIP Hurricane Net fielded dozens of reports from online weather stations reporting wind gusts between 50-98 MPH with winds above 74 MPH being hurricane force wind gust criteria. Sustained winds were high end tropical storm force to Category-1 hurricane force winds.

We wish to extend a special thank you to the South Coast Reflector and Amateur Radio Operator N6KNE (hopefully, we got that call-sign correct) for allowing a connection into our net where close to 10 Amateur Radio Operators checked in and provided storm reports that were sent to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center. We would love to see more of this cooperation in the future with other parts of coastal areas threatened by hurricanes.

The VoIP Hurricane Net also relayed reports of storm damage via social media and public safety radio feeds during the 9 hour net activation from 2-11 AM EDT. Special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis and KC5FM-Lloyd on the net management team for providing support in gathering stations from the affected area and to AE4WX-Mark Snyder for his net control support this morning. A total of 56 reports were sent in by the net and some of the report submissions had multiple reports within the same report. You can see all the reports in the VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer at the following link:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

The Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific basins do not have any tropical cyclone development expected over the next week. This will give our team an opportunity to rest, however, a very active season is expected so now is the time for residents along the various ocean basis to prepare their hurricane plans in case they need to be executed upon as we get into a more active portion of the season particularly in August and September. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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**We hope everyone is enjoying a great holiday weekend.**
**The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 2 AM EDT Monday Morning and remain active for as long as necessary for Beryl as it is expected he will strengthen into a hurricane on approach to the Texas Gulf Coast and could intensify rapidly before landfall. The net, on *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and other VoIP radio systems via the KC5FM-R node is supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. This will be the last activation for Beryl as he moves inland and will weaken to a remnant system within 24 hours of landfall.**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe.**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Hurricane Beryl as of Sunday 7/7/24 at 920 AM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 2 AM EDT Monday Morning for Beryl as it is expected he will strengthen into a hurricane on approach to the Texas Gulf Coast and could intensify rapidly before landfall. The net is supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. This will be the last activation for Beryl as he moves inland and will weaken to a remnant system within 24 hours of landfall.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Beryl or with relays into the affected area of Beryl are asked to provide surface and damage reports into the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. We appreciate any and all support from Amateur Operators in the affected area or Amateur Operators with relays into the affected area. We are looking for reports based on the National Weather Service SKYWARN Reporting criteria. This can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at the following link:
https://voipwx.net/voip-hurricane-net-reporting-criteria

Any pictures or videos of wind damage, river/stream/urban/storm surge flooding etc. can be sent to our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds or the following email address: pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the Amateur Radio Operator, weather spotter or individual that took the photos and media and be shared with the Amateur Radio team at the National Hurricane Center and other agencies and outlets.

Advisories on Beryl can be seen off of the Atlantic Tropical Products menu selection on the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Reports as obtained via the VoIP Hurricane Net from Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area, relays from the affected area or from APRS/CWOP Weather Station feeds and other social media outlets can be found at the following link:
https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

APRS, Winlink, AllStar, Hamshack Hotline resources that can be monitored are as follows:
APRS kc5fm-9
Winlink KC5FM
Allstar 28848
Echolink KC5FM-R 906281
Hamshack Hotline 94032
DMR TGIF 31207
P25 31207
DSTAR XLXOKL C
Yaesu Fusion 31207
M17-SUN module A

Stations outside the affected area that do not have relays into the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes and can connect on either Echolink or IRLP:
*NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123
*SKY_GATE* Echolink conference node: 868981/IRLP 9252
*KC4QLP-C* Echolink conference node: 290251
*ARERT* Echolink conference node: 902723 (Also bridged to Allstar on Node 273660 and on the YCS311 C4FM Server at http://c4fm.mntrbo.net ID:74)
*FLORIDA* Echolink conference node: 3082

These two streaming audio feeds should be available. Those streaming audio feeds are as follows:
Streaming feed 1: http://74.208.24.77:8000 -Provided by KC4QLP-Bob Carter
Streaming feed 2: http://radio.arert.net:8000/ARERT -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops
Streaming feed 3: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/38868 -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops

Video streams will be provided by ARERT if they find video feeds from the affected area and will have audio from the hurricane net on it. Those streams are below:
Video stream feed 1: https://www.twitch.tv/pp93news
Video stream feed 2: https://dlive.tv/ARERT
Special thanks to N0VZC-Mike Norrbom and the ARERT sysops for their support of these feeds.

Please note that there could be additional listen only nodes and streaming feeds. If time allows, this info will be updated via the voipwxnet web site and social media feeds.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Beryl. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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The VoIP Hurricane Net Activation for Hurricane Beryl’s impacts on the Yucatan Peninsula was secured at 115 PM Friday Afternoon. Online weather stations have reported a wind gust to 85 MPH in Tulka Chemuyil Mexico and a 78 MPH wind gust in Blue Ray Grand Esmeralda, Mexico. A couple Mexican Amateurs signed on at around 4 AM EDT but were not in the affected area and had no relays into the affected area. Additional reports via social media of downed trees, power lines and power poles along with coastal storm surge and rain related flooding were sent into the National Hurricane Center. Special thanks to AE4WX-Mark and KK7AHR-George who helped provide net control support during the net. A total of 39 reports were submitted to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center. A report viewer showing the reports is listed below:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

Beryl is now a tropical storm but is expected to reintensify into a hurricane with strengthening forecast later today and especially Sunday into early Monday with impacts to the Texas Gulf Coast on Monday. The final VoIP Hurricane Net activation for Beryl will likely be on Monday supporting reporting out of the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Finally, a reminder that due to the holiday weekend and the multiple activations for Hurricane Beryl this week, the regular VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday 7/6/24 has been canceled. We will reconvene the regular weekly VoIP Hurricane Prep Net on Saturday 7/13/24 barring a hurricane net activation during the upcoming week or next weekend.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of Beryl. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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**Happy Independence Day to all! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and enjoys a great holiday weekend.**
**VoIP Hurricane Net will be in a speaker/listening watch mode starting at 5 AM EDT Friday Morning and then activate at 7 AM EDT Friday Morning until 12 PM EDT Friday for Hurricane Beryl and its potentially significant impacts across the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. An additional activation is possible for the Gulf Coast of Mexico and/or Texas Sunday into Monday.**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Hurricane Beryl as of Thursday 7/4/24 at 930 PM EDT:

VoIP Hurricane Net will be in a speaker/listening watch mode starting at 5 AM EDT Friday Morning and then activate at 7 AM EDT Friday Morning until 12 PM EDT Friday for Hurricane Beryl and its potentially significant impacts across the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. An additional activation is possible for the Gulf Coast of Mexico and/or Texas Sunday into Monday. WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Beryl or with relays into the affected area of Beryl are asked to provide surface and damage reports into the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. We appreciate any and all support from Amateur Operators in the affected area or Amateur Operators with relays into the affected area. We are looking for reports based on the National Weather Service SKYWARN Reporting criteria. This can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at the following link:
https://voipwx.net/voip-hurricane-net-reporting-criteria

Any pictures or videos of wind damage, river/stream/urban/storm surge flooding etc. can be sent to our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds or the following email address: pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the Amateur Radio Operator, weather spotter or individual that took the photos and media and be shared with the Amateur Radio team at the National Hurricane Center and other agencies and outlets.

Advisories on Beryl can be seen off of the Atlantic Tropical Products menu selection on the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Reports as obtained via the VoIP Hurricane Net from Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area, relays from the affected area or from APRS/CWOP Weather Station feeds and other social media outlets can be found at the following link:
https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

APRS, Winlink, AllStar, Hamshack Hotline resources that can be monitored are as follows:
APRS kc5fm-9
Winlink KC5FM
Allstar 28848
Echolink KC5FM-R 906281
Hamshack Hotline 94032
DMR TGIF 31207
P25 31207
DSTAR XLXOKL C
Yaesu Fusion 31207
M17-SUN module A

Stations outside the affected area that do not have relays into the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes and can connect on either Echolink or IRLP:
*NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123
*SKY_GATE* Echolink conference node: 868981/IRLP 9252
*KC4QLP-C* Echolink conference node: 290251
*ARERT* Echolink conference node: 902723 (Also bridged to Allstar on Node 273660 and on the YCS311 C4FM Server at http://c4fm.mntrbo.net ID:74)
*WASH_DC* Echolink conference node: 6154

These two streaming audio feeds should be available. Those streaming audio feeds are as follows:
Streaming feed 1: http://74.208.24.77:8000 -Provided by KC4QLP-Bob Carter
Streaming feed 2: http://radio.arert.net:8000/ARERT -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops
Streaming feed 3: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/38868 -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops

Video streams will be provided by ARERT if they find video feeds from the affected area and will have audio from the hurricane net on it. Those streams are below:
Video stream feed 1: https://www.twitch.tv/pp93news
Video stream feed 2: https://dlive.tv/ARERT
Special thanks to N0VZC-Mike Norrbom and the ARERT sysops for their support of these feeds.

Please note that there could be additional listen only nodes and streaming feeds. If time allows, this info will be updated via the voipwxnet web site and social media feeds.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Beryl. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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The VoIP Hurricane Net secured operations on Wednesday 7/3/24 at 8 PM EDT for Major Hurricane Beryl and its impacts to Jamaica. The impacts to Jamaica were significant but not as catastrophic as Grenada, CarriaCou, Union Island and the Grenadines. Beryl downed trees, power lines, caused significant rain related flooding as well as coastal storm surge flooding. Notably, the roof was torn off of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston Jamaica. In addition, 6Y5WW, William reported in from the Spanish Town, Jamaica EOC and 6Y5RW-Andrew also submitted reports into the net. A total of 37 reports were submitted between on-air Amateur Radio Operators, social media and online weather stations. Special thanks to Net Controls AE4WX-Mark, KK7AHR-George and to net management team members KC5FM-Lloyd and K2DCD-Dennis for their support of this net activation. A complete listing of reports can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer at the following link:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

The core of Beryl and the hurricane force conditions associated with Beryl should stay south of the coast of the Cayman Islands but tropical storm force conditions with gusts to hurricane force will be possible there overnight into Thursday Morning. No formal net is planned for Thursday for the Cayman Islands but the system will be monitored for any traffic especially for Thursday Morning.

The VoIP Hurricane Net will be active again Friday Morning for Beryl and impacts to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Belize. The final VoIP Hurricane Net activation for Beryl will likely be Sunday into Monday Morning for potential landfall as a hurricane in Northeast Mexico/Southeast Texas. The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of Beryl. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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**VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 9 AM EDT Wednesday Morning and will remain active for as long as necessary for Major Hurricane Beryl and its potentially significant impacts across Jamaica and the Cayman Islands supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. Additional activations are possible for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the Gulf Coast of Mexico and/or Texas later this week and into the weekend**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station starting on Wednesday 7/3/24 at 9 AM EDT**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Major Hurricane Beryl as of Tuesday 7/2/24 at 930 PM EDT:

VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 9 AM EDT Wednesday Morning and will remain active for as long as necessary for Major Hurricane Beryl and its potentially significant impacts across Jamaica and the Cayman Islands supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. Additional activations are possible for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the Gulf Coast of Mexico and/or Texas later this week and into the weekend. WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station starting at 9 AM Monday Morning.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Beryl or with relays into the affected area of Beryl are asked to provide surface and damage reports into the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. We appreciate any and all support from Amateur Operators in the affected area or Amateur Operators with relays into the affected area. We are looking for reports based on the National Weather Service SKYWARN Reporting criteria. This can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at the following link:

VoIP Hurricane Net Reporting Criteria

Any pictures or videos of wind damage, river/stream/urban/storm surge flooding etc. can be sent to our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds or the following email address: pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the Amateur Radio Operator, weather spotter or individual that took the photos and media and be shared with the Amateur Radio team at the National Hurricane Center and other agencies and outlets.

Advisories on Beryl can be seen off of the Atlantic Tropical Products menu selection on the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Reports as obtained via the VoIP Hurricane Net from Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area, relays from the affected area or from APRS/CWOP Weather Station feeds and other social media outlets can be found at the following link:
https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

APRS, Winlink, AllStar, Hamshack Hotline resources that can be monitored are as follows:
APRS kc5fm-9
Winlink KC5FM
Allstar 28848
Echolink KC5FM-R 906281
Hamshack Hotline 94032
DMR TGIF 31207
P25 31207
DSTAR XLXOKL C
Yaesu Fusion 31207
M17-SUN module A

Stations outside the affected area that do not have relays into the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes and can connect on either Echolink or IRLP:
*NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123
*SKY_GATE* Echolink conference node: 868981/IRLP 9252
*KC4QLP-C* Echolink conference node: 290251
*ARERT* Echolink conference node: 902723
*WASH_DC* Echolink conference node: 6154

These two streaming audio feeds should be available. Those streaming audio feeds are as follows:
Streaming feed 1: http://74.208.24.77:8000 -Provided by KC4QLP-Bob Carter
Streaming feed 2: http://audio.arert.net/ -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops

Please note that there could be additional listen only nodes and streaming feeds. If time allows, this info will be updated via the voipwxnet web site and social media feeds.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Major Hurricane Beryl. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

Hello to all…

The VoIP Hurricane Net activation was secured at 500 PM EDT Monday 7/1/24. Major Hurricane Beryl intensified into an intense Category-4 Hurricane as it swept through the Grenadines, Grenada and Petit Martinique with impacts also into St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the net reports were utilized in the 11 AM Monday 7/1/24 NHC Advisory. They included structural damage reports to buildings with roofs blown off, trees/wires/poles down, storm surge and heavy rainfall related flooding. A complete list of reports captured from Amateur Radio Operators, online weather stations and social media can be seen at the following link:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

Beryl may pass far enough south of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands where the next net activation may not be until the end of the week for the Yucatan Peninsula but this will bear close monitoring. Beryl is expected to weaken some over the Caribbean Sea but is expected to remain a hurricane throughout its track to the Yucatan Peninsula coast. The VoIP Hurricane Net Management will continue to closely monitor the progress of Beryl. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net