Atlantic Tropical Update – Sunday 10/5/25 – 800 AM EDT/1200 UTC

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We have one area of disturbed weather with a high chance for development over the next 2-7 days in the Central Tropical Atlantic associated with a tropical wave. This system will be in the open waters of the Atlantic for several days potentially approaching the Leeward Islands towards the end of this week. There is also an area of low pressure along the Northern US Gulf Coast but that does not have any chance for development at this time.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will continue to monitor the Tropics as we go through October. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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

VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday 10/4/25 Cancelled – Next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net Saturday 10/11/25 at 8 PM EDT

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A reminder that the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday 10/4/25 has been cancelled due to activation earlier this week for Hurricane Imelda and impacts on Bermuda. The prep net will reconvene on Saturday 10/11/25 at 8 PM EDT barring a hurricane net activation. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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

VoIP Hurricane Net Activation for Hurricane Imelda on Bermuda Secured at 200 AM EDT Thursday 10/2/25

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The VoIP Hurricane Net secured the activation for Hurricane Imelda on Bermuda at 2 AM EDT, Thursday 10/2/25. Special thanks to AE4WX-Mark and KC5FM-Lloyd for their Net Control support. Also, special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis and KC5FM-Lloyd for various posts on the Bermuda Radio Society Facebook pages and other areas to notify people in the affected area of our net activation.

We monitored numerous weather stations and social media during Imelda. The National Museum of Bermuda did get sustained 76 knots gust 86 knots on the southwest part of the island. Gilbert Hill Smiths Bermuda had a 76 mph gust and a weather station on south road – Sam Hall’s bay had sustained 57 mph/gust 78 mph – a report our net sent in that was used in advisory. There also seemed to be a period of much lighter winds around 11 PM EDT before stronger winds resumed around 12 AM EDT. The eye was close but not over Bermuda at that point. As of this morning, BELCO reports over 17,000 customers without power in Bermuda which is a significant number but not as bad as some prior hurricane impacts on Bermuda.

A complete list of reports sent in from our net 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

A couple of new areas of disturbed weather have a low chance of development over the next 7 days, one in the Bahamas moving toward the Gulf of America and the other just off the coast of Africa. We will monitor these systems over the course of this week. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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

VoIP Hurricane Net Activation – Hurricane Imelda – Wednesday PM 10/1/25 – 2 PM EDT through Thursday AM 10/2/25

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**Corrected Notice to remove Hamshack Hotline system as it is now out of service and add Hams Over IP and Amateur Wire systems. Remainder is unchanged.**

**The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 2 PM EDT Wednesday Afternoon through Thursday Morning for Hurricane Imelda and impacts on Bermuda. 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. Note during overnight hours Wednesday Evening into Thursday Morning, we will be in an activation monitoring mode for any stations that call on the system**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe starting at 3 PM EDT Wednesday Afternoon.**
**The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 10/4/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 10/11/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Imelda as of Wednesday Morning 10/1/25 at 800 AM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 2 PM EDT Wednesday Afternoon through Thursday Morning for Hurricane Imelda and impacts on Bermuda. 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. Note during overnight hours Wednesday Evening into Thursday Morning, we will be in an activation monitoring mode for any stations that call on the system. WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe.

The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 10/4/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 10/11/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Imelda or with relays into the affected area of Imelda 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:

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 Imelda 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, Hams Over IP and other resources that can be monitored are as follows:
APRS kc5fm-9
Winlink KC5FM
Allstar 28848
Echolink KC5FM-R 906281
Hams Over IP 15154
Amateur Wire 30415154
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 three 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 Imelda. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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