VoIP Hurricane Net Activation – Hurricane Hilary and Impacts to Northwest Mexico and the Southwest United States – Sunday 8/20/23

Hello to all…

**VoIP Hurricane Net and WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, will activate for Hilary and storm impacts to Northwest Mexico, Southern California and Southwest Arizona from Sunday 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Sunday Morning through 11 PM EDT/0300 UTC Sunday Evening**

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate from than 8am EDT/1200 UTC Sunday morning August 20th, 2023 through 11pm/0300UTC Sunday evening for impacts from Hilary. Storm timing and changes in the forecast can alter this activation period, so please check for updates. This activation is in direct support to WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Hilary, or with relays into the affected area of Hilary 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. Any SKYWARN Nets active in the local area as Hilary moves into Southern California and surrounding States that can pass reports to the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC are welcome to send a net liaison or connect directly at their discretion to the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219. Stations on All-Star can connect to the Echolink side of the system by dialing *033007203. 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 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 Hilary can be seen off of the Main Menu of 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

Stations outside 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

Stations outside the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes on Echolink:
*KA1AAA* Echolink conference node: 269929
*WASH_DC* Echolink conference node: 6154

Stations outside the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes on All-Star by dialing *033270177 or *033009123.

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

Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Operations Director, VoIP Hurricane Net