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<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.667px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Atlantic hurricane season - ham radio nets</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">On the IARU Region 1 site<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Greg Mossop G0DUB</strong><span> </span>reports on the amateur radio nets that may be active during the Atlantic Hurricane Season June 1 to November 30<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">So it is time to remind the wider Amateur Radio community 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. Radio Amateurs in Region 2 play their part in gathering and distributing information for the weather and emergency services as they do every year.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Radio Amateurs in Region 1 are reminded it is possible to cause unintentional QRM to these nets so please listen carefully if operating near these frequencies:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Belize: 7.177MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Caribbean Emergency & Weather Nets (CEWN): 3.815 & 7.162 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Caribbean Emergency: 14.185 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Central America: 7.090 & 3.750 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Cuba: 3.720, 3.740, 7.110 and 7.120 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Eastern Caribbean Narrow Band Emergency System Net: 7.036 MHz USB (Olivia & MT63)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Guatemala: 7.075 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Mexico: 3.690, 3.693(Alternative), 7.060 & 14.120 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Nicaragua: Main Frequencies 3.798, 7.098, 14.298 MHz Alternate Frequencies 3.898, 7.108, 14.198MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Panama: 7.085 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Republica Dominicana: 3.780, 7.065 (Main), 14.280 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">USA:<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Maritime Mobile Service Net: 14.300 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN): 14.265 MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Hurricane Watch Net: 14.325 MHz (day) 7.268MHz (Night)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">National Hurricane Centre ( WX4NHC ) 14.325MHz<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Other local emergency communications groups may also activate if a hurricane approaches their area and those frequencies would be announced at the time.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Thanks to the National Societies and Emergency Communications Groups of IARU Region 2 for updating their frequency information.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">IARU Region 1<span> </span><a href="http://iaru-r1.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://iaru-r1.org/</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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