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The VoIP Hurricane Net formal activation for Hurricane Isaias secured at 1245 AM EDT – Saturday 10/10/26 as Isaias transitioned to a post tropical system. Many thanks to all stations in the affected area who supported the net and all stations outside the affected area who monitored the net and gave reports during Hurricane Isaias. Many thanks also to our Net Controls that supported the net including AE4WX-Mark, KK7AHR-George, KC5FM-Lloyd and WX9VOR-Debby.

During the net, 72 report submittals were sent into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. Highest wind gusts included 118 MPH in Jay FL, 116 MPH in Pensacola FL in Santa Rosa Sound, 114 MPH and 105 MPH Gusts at the Milton, FL Whiting Field South Airport – ASOS, 102 MPH at the Pensacola, FL City Hall which was used in a NHC Tropical Cyclone update, 102 MPH in Gulf Breeze FL and 99 MPH in Navarre Beach, FL. Rain Gauge totals between 5-10″ with isolated higher amounts were recorded. Storm Surge flooding was significant in Fort Walton Beach through Destin FL along with significant freshwater flooding in the Fort Walton Beach, FL area. The complete listing of reports submitted can be seen in the VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer at the following link:

https://secure.powersrvcs.com/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

The VoIP Hurricane Net will be in a standby mode on Saturday 10/10/26 through 11 AM EDT/10 AM CDT for any post Isaias damage reports and calls for assistance given the storm landfall at night through the overnight hours. A reminder that due to the hurricane net activation for Isaias and the Columbus Day Holiday weekend, the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 10/10/26 is canceled and will resume on Saturday 10/17/26 at 8 PM EDT unless a VoIP Hurricane Net activation is required. 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 will activate at 2 PM EDT Friday Afternoon through late Saturday Morning for Hurricane Isaias and impacts to the Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama Gulf Coasts and the Florida Panhandle. 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 the net may 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 6 PM EDT Friday Evening.**

**We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of the Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama Gulf Coasts and the Florida Panhandle to give any and all reports from their area. In addition, any folks that can monitor online weather stations, reliable social media sources for reports to get to our net team would be helpful and then our team can discern the data that gets sent to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center**

**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.**

**The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 10/10/26 is canceled due to this net activation and the Columbus Day Holiday Weekend. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 10/17/26 unless a hurricane net activation is required.**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Hurricane Isaias as of Thursday Evening 10/8/26 at 1100 PM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 2 PM EDT Friday Afternoon through late Saturday Morning for Hurricane Isaias and impacts to the Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama Gulf Coasts and the Florida Panhandle. 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 the net may 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 6 PM EDT Friday Evening.

We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of the Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama Gulf Coasts and the Florida Panhandle to give any and all reports from their area. In addition, any folks that can monitor online weather stations, reliable social media sources for reports to get to our net team would be helpful and then our team can discern the data that gets sent to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center.

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 Isaias 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://secure.powersrvcs.com/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

APRS, Winlink, AllStar, Hams Over IP and other resources that can be monitored are as follows:
Allstar 28848,
Echolink KC5FM-R
Hams over IP 15154
Amateur Wire 30415154
NZSIP 57715154
Mesh Phone 5728803
DMR TGIF 31207
Fusion 31027
APRS KC5FM-9
Winlink KC5FM

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 Prep Net for Saturday Evening 10/10/26 is canceled due to this net activation and the Columbus Day Holiday Weekend. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 10/17/26 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Isaias. 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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Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the Gulf of America and is expected to make landfall along the Northern US Gulf Coast somewhere between Southern Mississippi to the Florida panhandle as a hurricane. Isaias will require a formal VoIP Hurricane Net activation and Amateur Radio Operators in the Northern US Gulf Coast should have their hurricane plan in place and hopefully we will hear from many Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Isaias. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Bay St. Louis to Indian Pass. A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for the Mouth of the Mississippi River to Yankeetown. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Jefferson/Plaquemines Parish line to west of Bay St. Louis, east of Indian Pass to the Aucilla River. Advisories on Isaias can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site under Atlantic Tropical Products, via the voipwxnet Facebook/X social media feeds or at the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

A formal VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Plan for Isaias will be posted by Thursday evening with the timeframe from activation likely some time mid to late afternoon Friday through late morning Saturday. The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team will closely monitor the progress of Isaias. 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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As of Monday 10/5/26 at 830 PM EDT, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring a trough of low pressure in the Southwestern Gulf of America that could develop into a tropical depression in the next few days as it drifts east-northeastward and eventually turns northward. While its too early to determine potential impacts to the Northern US Gulf coast, the time is now to begin monitoring this system as it has a high chance 70% of development within 48 hours with an 80% chance of development within 7 days. Updates from the NHC can be seen under Atlantic Tropical Products via the Tropical Weather Outlook on the voipwx.net web site, via our voipwxnet Facebook/X social media feeds and via the NHC web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of this system and any other systems in the Tropics. 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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Join us tonight for the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net at 8 PM ET this Saturday Evening 10/3/26 as our net control for tonight will be NK5LA-Daryl from Little Rock Arkansas. An update on the Tropics and other weather updates will be provided this evening.

Also, we wanted to mention our schedule for October 2026. With the Columbus Day US holiday long weekend, the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be canceled for Saturday October 10th 2026. In addition, Halloween falls on a Saturday and given that will not occur again until 2037 and many Amateurs may have family or even public service events with neighborhood Hallowen Neighborhood watch and other events, the net for Saturday 10/31/26 will also be cancelled. Our next nets for the month of October will be Saturday 10/17/26 and Saturday 10/24/26.

Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net!

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