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**VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Secured at 10 PM EDT Wednesday Evening as Hurricane Melissa moved away from the Bahamas. Melissa slammed Eastern Cuba and the Bahamas with hurricane force winds, heavy rainfall and coastal storm surge flooding resulting in tree/power line and structural damage and significant flooding of neighborhoods . While direct Amateur Radio contact with these areas did not occur, report relaying from various online weather station and social media were utilized and the weather station info from the Bahamas was utilized in NHC advisories Wednesday Evening.**
**The VoIP Hurricane Net is likely to activate once again at 5 PM EDT Thursday for Hurricane Melissa and its passage by Bermuda as it is currently close enough where hurricane conditions are expected and a Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda. This will be the final activation for Hurricane Melissa as she will become post tropical after passage by Bermuda late tonight/early Friday Morning.**
**A reminder that the Saturday 11/1/25 VoIP Hurricane Prep Net is Cancelled due to extended VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Operations**

During Wednesday, Melissa slammed Eastern Cuba and the Bahamas with hurricane force winds, heavy rainfall and coastal storm surge flooding resulting in tree/power line and structural damage and significant flooding of neighborhoods . While direct Amateur Radio contact with these areas did not occur, report relaying from various online weather station and social media were utilized and the weather station info from the Bahamas was utilized in NHC advisories Wednesay Evening. Rainfall as high as 15″ was recorded in Eastern Cuba as relayed from reports gathered from the Cuban Meteorological office, with trees and power lines down and structural damage to roofs and even some structural collapses. Highest wind gust on Eastern Cuba recorded was 116 MPH. In the Bahamas, a weather station in Pitts Town – Crooked Island Bahamas gusted to 88 MPH. All reports including pictures/videos from social media can be seen at the report viewer at the following link:

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

The VoIP Hurricane Net is likely to activate once again at 5 PM EDT Thursday for Hurricane Melissa and its passage by Bermuda as it is currently close enough where hurricane conditions are expected and a Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda. This will be the final activation for Hurricane Melissa as she will become post tropical after passage by Bermuda tonight/early Friday Morning.

The situation reports from Monday and Tuesday are listed below followed by the activation plans for Thursday.

During Tuesday, the full brunt of Category-5 Major Hurricane Melissa was felt over Jamaica. Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica with roofs off parts of 5 hospitals, hotel roof damage, roof damage to homes and numerous trees and wires down. Significant damage was confirmed at the Montego Bay Jamaica Airport. Storm Surge flooding in Southwest Jamaica was also significant along with significant to catastrophic inland river/stream flooding from heavy rainfall. At least one Amateur Radio Operator lost his antenna tower due to the catastrophic damaging winds of Melissa. Many of the weather stations that were online Tuesday Morning were no longer reporting but some reports were sent in before they went down. We also received one very high-end report confirming category 5 winds that we are working to validate from an Amateur Radio Operator, the same one that lost their tower. We are appreciative to a number of Hams who relayed reports from Jamaican News Radio, Amateur Radio HF and other outlets today. This is a way Amateur Radio Operators that are not in the affected area and can help relay reports from within the affected area. Special thanks to AE4WX-Mark, KC5FM-Lloyd and KK7AHR-George for their robust net control support today. Over 45 webform reports were sent with many of the reports containing multiple reports via social media, direct Amateur Radio Jamaican Station reports and relayed reports from Amateur Radio Operators outside of the affected area with contacts in the affected area.

During Monday, Jamaica experienced lower end tropical storm force conditions due to the slow speed of Melissa to the south and southeast of the island. Wind Gusts of 40-50 MPH were common along with heavy rainfall. These conditions downed trees and power lines and caused flooding with numerous road closures due to flooding, trees and wires down and even a few sinkholes from heavy rainfall. Earlier in the afternoon, Jamaica had 51,000 customers of 700,000 without power but some power was able to be restored due to Melissa’s slower movement such that about 21,000 were without power as of approximately 11 PM EDT this evening. Special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis, KC5FM-Lloyd, AE4WX-Mark and KK7AHR-George for their support of Net Control Operations for the net. A total of 40 reports were sent into the National Hurricane Center were sent in via various sources that included online weather stations and social media between Sunday Afternoon through Monday Evening. Our report viewer below shows the reports submitted:

The report viewer can be seen here:

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

The rest of this update is from the activation notice with the headline updates above and updates to some of the video streaming services provided by N0VZC-Mike Norrbom:

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Major Hurricane Melissa as of Thursday Morning 650 AM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net is likely to activate once again at 5 PM EDT Thursday for Hurricane Melissa and its passage by Bermuda as it is currently close enough where hurricane conditions are expected and a Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda. This will be the final activation for Hurricane Melissa as she will become post tropical after passage by Bermuda tonight/early Friday Morning.

We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Bermuda 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 Melissa 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: https://www.liveweatherusa.com/
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.

A reminder that the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 11/1/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 11/8/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Melissa. 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…

**VoIP Hurricane Net shifting to a monitor/listen only mode for the overnight hours Tuesday Evening with Major Hurricane Melissa expected to approach Eastern Cuba during the late overnight hours into Wednesday Morning and then into the Bahamas later Wednesday. The VoIP Hurricane Net will reactivate at or before 7 AM EDT Wednesday Morning supporting, WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center Operations.**
**Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica with roofs off parts of 5 hospitals, hotel roof damage, roof damage to homes and numerous trees and wires down. Significant damage was confirmed at the Montego Bay Jamaica Airport. Storm Surge flooding in Southwest Jamaica was also significant along with significant to catastrophic inland river/stream flooding from heavy rainfall. At least one Amateur Radio Operator lost his antenna tower due to the catastrophic damaging winds of Melissa**
**A reminder that the Saturday 11/1/25 VoIP Hurricane Prep Net is Cancelled due to extended VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Operations**

During Tuesday, the full brunt of Category-5 Major Hurricane Melissa was felt over Jamaica. Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica with roofs off parts of 5 hospitals, hotel roof damage, roof damage to homes and numerous trees and wires down. Significant damage was confirmed at the Montego Bay Jamaica Airport. Storm Surge flooding in Southwest Jamaica was also significant along with significant to catastrophic inland river/stream flooding from heavy rainfall. At least one Amateur Radio Operator lost his antenna tower due to the catastrophic damaging winds of Melissa. Many of the weather stations that were online Tuesday Morning were no longer reporting but some reports were sent in before they went down. We also received one very high-end report confirming category 5 winds that we are working to validate from an Amateur Radio Operator, the same one that lost their tower. We are appreciative to a number of Hams who relayed reports from Jamaican News Radio, Amateur Radio HF and other outlets today. This is a way Amateur Radio Operators that are not in the affected area and can help relay reports from within the affected area. Special thanks to AE4WX-Mark, KC5FM-Lloyd and KK7AHR-George for their robust net control support today. Over 45 webform reports were sent with many of the reports containing multiple reports via social media, direct Amateur Radio Jamaican Station reports and relayed reports from Amateur Radio Operators outside of the affected area with contacts in the affected area. The report viewer can be seen here:

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

The situation report from Monday is listed below followed by the activation plans for Wednesday.

During Monday, Jamaica experienced lower end tropical storm force conditions due to the slow speed of Melissa to the south and southeast of the island. Wind Gusts of 40-50 MPH were common along with heavy rainfall. These conditions downed trees and power lines and caused flooding with numerous road closures due to flooding, trees and wires down and even a few sinkholes from heavy rainfall. Earlier in the afternoon, Jamaica had 51,000 customers of 700,000 without power but some power was able to be restored due to Melissa’s slower movement such that about 21,000 were without power as of approximately 11 PM EDT this evening. Special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis, KC5FM-Lloyd, AE4WX-Mark and KK7AHR-George for their support of Net Control Operations for the net. A total of 40 reports were sent into the National Hurricane Center were sent in via various sources that included online weather stations and social media between Sunday Afternoon through Monday Evening. Our report viewer below shows the reports submitted:

The rest of this update is from the activation notice with the headline updates above and updates to some of the video streaming services provided by N0VZC-Mike Norrbom:

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Major Hurricane Melissa as of Tuesday Evening 1140 PM EDT:

VoIP Hurricane Net shifting to a monitor/listen only mode for the overnight hours Tuesday Evening with Major Hurricane Melissa expected to approach Eastern Cuba during the late overnight hours into Wednesday Morning and then into the Bahamas later Wednesday. The VoIP Hurricane Net will reactivate at or before 7 AM EDT Wednesday Morning supporting, WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center Operations.

We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Eastern Cuba into the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands 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 Melissa 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: https://www.liveweatherusa.com/
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.

A reminder that the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 11/1/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 11/8/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Major Hurricane Melissa. 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…

**VoIP Hurricane Net shifting to a monitor/listen only mode for the overnight hours Monday Evening due to Major Hurricane Melissa’s slower movement toward Jamaica. The VoIP Hurricane Net will reactivate at or before 7 AM EDT Tuesday Morning coincident with WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center Operations.**
**Melissa has now made the turn North-Northeast and will be moving toward Jamaica overnight with the worst conditions in Jamaica Tuesday AM through PM and then conditions will worsen in Eastern Cuba Tuesday Night into Wednesday followed by the Turks & Caicos Islands and Central/Southeast Bahamas Wednesday. After that time, a threat to Bermuda will be monitored for Thursday Night into Friday**
**A reminder that the Saturday 11/1/25 VoIP Hurricane Prep Net is Cancelled due to extended VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Operations**

During Monday, Jamaica experienced lower end tropical storm force conditions due to the slow speed of Melissa to the south and southeast of the island. Wind Gusts of 40-50 MPH were common along with heavy rainfall. These conditions downed trees and power lines and caused flooding with numerous road closures due to flooding, trees and wires down and even a few sinkholes from heavy rainfall. Earlier in the afternoon, Jamaica had 51,000 customers of 700,000 without power but some power was able to be restored due to Melissa’s slower movement such that about 21,000 were without power as of approximately 11 PM EDT this evening. Special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis, KC5FM-Lloyd, AE4WX-Mark and KK7AHR-George for their support of Net Control Operations for the net. A total of 40 reports were sent into the National Hurricane Center were sent in via various sources that included online weather stations and social media between Sunday Afternoon through Monday Evening. Our report viewer below shows the reports submitted:

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

The rest of this update is from the activation notice with the headline updates above and updates to some of the video streaming services provided by N0VZC-Mike Norrbom:

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Major Hurricane Melissa as of Monday Evening at 1115 PM EDT:

VoIP Hurricane Net shifting to a monitor/listen only mode for the overnight hours Monday Evening due to Major Hurricane Melissa’s slower movement toward Jamaica. The VoIP Hurricane Net will reactivate at or before 7 AM EDT Tuesday Morning coincident with WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center Operations. Melissa has now made the turn North-Northeast and will be moving toward Jamaica overnight with the worst conditions in Jamaica Tuesday AM through PM and then conditions will worsen in Eastern Cuba Tuesday Night into Wednesday followed by the Turks & Caicos Islands and Central/Southeast Bahamas Wednesday. After that time, a threat to Bermuda will be monitored for Thursday Night into Friday

We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area starting with Jamaica and through Eastern Cuba into the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands 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 Melissa 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: https://www.liveweatherusa.com/
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.

A reminder that the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 11/1/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 11/8/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Major Hurricane Melissa. 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 will activate at 8 AM EDT Monday Morning through at least late Wednesday Evening for Major Hurricane Melissa and impacts on Jamaica, Southwest Haiti, Eastern Cuba, the Turks & Caicos Islands. 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 and at other points in this three day period, we will be in an activation monitoring mode for any stations that call on the system as these areas can be difficult to have direct contact with given their infrastructure etc.**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe starting at 7 PM EDT Monday Evening.**
**We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area starting with Jamaica and through Eastern Cuba into the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands 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**
**The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 11/1/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 11/8/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Major Hurricane Melissa as of Sunday Evening 10/26/25 at 800 PM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 8 AM EDT Monday Morning through at least late Wednesday Evening for Major Hurricane Melissa and impacts on Jamaica, Southwest Haiti, Eastern Cuba, the Turks & Caicos Islands. 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 and at other points in this three day period, we will be in an activation monitoring mode for any stations that call on the system as these areas can be difficult to have direct contact with given their infrastructure etc. WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe starting at 7 PM EDT Monday Evening.

We ask any and all Amateur Radio Operators who may know of Amateur Radio or non-Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area starting with Jamaica and through Eastern Cuba into the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands 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 Melissa 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 Prep Net for Saturday Evening 11/1/25 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 11/8/25 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Major Hurricane Melissa. 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…

Tropical Storm Melissa after holding its own against shear for several days is now intensifying in the Caribbean Sea and expected to rapidly intensify this weekend close to the coast of Jamaica. It will be moving slowly and will begin its approach to Jamaica Sunday into Monday but not make landfall in Jamaica until Tuesday based on the current track and speed of the system. Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane and could become a catastrophic high-end Category 4 to Category 5 hurricane making landfall in Jamaica. It will likely maintain major hurricane status over Cuba and then continue as a hurricane near the near Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands. Melissa is likely to result in a multi-day activation of the VoIP Hurricane Net but the timing is uncertain. Activation could start as early as Sunday or as late as Monday. We will keep everyone posted.

Advisories on Melissa can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site, via our Facebook and X feeds and via the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The VoIP Hurricane Net will continue to monitor Melissa, update activation plans this weekend and monitor any other developments in the Tropics. The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday 10/25/25 at 8 PM EDT will currently take place as planned but the net for next weekend, 11/1/25 will likely be canceled. 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…

Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea and a Hurricane Watch has been issued for Southwest Haiti with a Tropical Storm Watch for Jamaica. Melissa’s intensity forecast is uncertain on when it will become a hurricane. In addition, Melissa’s track is uncertain on where it eventually goes and how quickly it affects land areas particularly when it comes to landfall. This will be monitored over the next several days for possible VoIP Hurricane Net activation which is also uncertain at this time.

Advisories on Melissa can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site, via our Facebook and X feeds and via the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The VoIP Hurricane Net will continue to monitor Melissa and any other developments in the Tropics. We will update as needed. 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…

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

Hello to all…

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

Hello to all…

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

Hello to all..

**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