<div dir="ltr"><h1>Atlantic Hurricane Season 2014</h1><p> On the IARU Region 1 site <strong>Greg Mossop G0DUB</strong> reports on the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season <br><br> Hurricane Arthur tracking up the East coast of the USA marks the first storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season this year.<br>
<br> Emergency nets are active in the USA in preparation for this hurricane, playing their part in gathering and distributing information for the weather and emergency services as they do every year. </p>
<p> Radio Amateurs in Region 1 are reminded that the following frequencies may be in use by nets in North and Central America to track and deal with the consequences of these severe weather events. It is possible for Region 1 amateurs to cause unintentional QRM to these nets so please listen carefully if operating near these frequencies:<br>
<br> Caribbean Emergency & Weather Nets: 7.162 & 3.815 MHz<br> Eastern Caribbean Narrow Band Emergency System Net: 7.036 MHz USB (Olivia & MT63)<br> Caribbean Emergency: 14.185 MHz<br>
Republica Dominicana: 7.065 & 3.780 MHz<br> Cuba: 7.045, 7.080, 7.110, and 3.740 MHz<br> Central America: 7.090 & 3.750 MHz<br> Nicaragua: 7.098 MHz<br>
Guatemala: 7.075 MHz<br> Panama: 7.085 MHz<br> Mexico: 7.060 & 3.690 MHz<br><br> USA:<br> Maritime Mobile Service Net: 14.300 MHz<br>
Hurricane Watch Net: 14.325 MHz<br> Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN): 14.265 MHz<br><br> Other local emergency communications groups may also activate if a hurricane approaches their area and those frequencies would be announced at the time.<br>
<br> IARU Region 1 <a href="http://www.iaru-r1.org/" target="_blank">http://www.iaru-r1.org/</a><br><br> G0DUB on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/g0dub" target="_blank">@g0dub</a></p>
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