Tropical Storm Amanda has formed in the Eastern Pacific, becoming the first named storm of the 2026 hurricane season.

The Hurricane Watch Net, provides real-time weather data. When activated, the HWN operates on 14.325 MHz (USB) by day and 7.268 MHz (LSB) by night. More at hwn.org.

To every licensed amateur radio operator who volunteers their time and expertise — thank you.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #HurricaneWatchNet #HWN #TropicalStormAmanda #HurricaneSeason2026 #EmComm #WeatherReadyNation

@rationaldoge ...oftentimes simultaneously, as when someone was (I presume accidentally) running FT8 on frequency with the Jamaican emergency net.

#AmateurRadio #HurricaneWatchNet

HWN interaction

Lid: shouts "who cares" and leans on his CW key for several seconds.

Net control: "must be a Trump supporter."

Lid: *shuts up*

#HurricaneMilton #HurricaneWatchNet
#HamRadio
#DontBeALid

Amateur radio operators, and/or those just listening around with SDRs, might want to keep an eye on the Hurricane Watch Net:

https://www.hwn.org/

It's not active as of now, but worth checking.

#HurricaneElene #radio #AmatuerRadio #HurricaneWatchNet

The Hurricane Watch Net is now active for Hurricane Idalia, and they're taking damage reports from amateur radio stations in the affected area. The frequencies are 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz. More details here:

https://hwn.org/

#AmateurRadio #HurricaneIdalia #HurricaneWatchNet

To all my HAM nerds. You can listen online to the Hurricane Watch Net on 7268.00 starting at 7PM ET, tonight 8/29/2023. Secondary, 14.325 is supposed to work until propagation is lost at night.

http://na5b.com:8901/?tune=14325usb

#Weather #WX #HamRadio #HAM #Idalia #HurricaneWatchNet #Tropics #Tropical #TropicalWX #WXAware