Ham Radio Operators Assemble Ahead of Hurricane Milton

Broadcasters are launching emergency operations as Hurricane Milton continues course for Florida’s west-central Gulf Coast. National weather forecasts show the storm making landfall late Wednesday or very early Thursday morning.

As large radio broadcasters like Beasley Media Group unite with local television stations to provide round-the-clock storm coverage, they are not the only ones. Amateur radio operators across the country are signing on to assist with emergency communications.

Ham radio operator Pete Stover (KD4QNA), located in Spotsylvania, Va., shared details of how his colleagues are assembling, working with the National Weather Service and local emergency responders. He shares the following status report below.

Here’s what’s on the schedule for amateur radio disaster responders:

In an alert issued by Dick Seeley (N8NIF), international net manager for Salvation Army Team Emergency Network (SATERN), its amateur radio operators across the country will participate in the Hurricane Watch Net. They will activate Tuesday to “line up reporting stations, EOCs, storm shelters using the amateur radio bands on 20 meters: 14.325 MHz (USB) at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC), until we lose propagation at night,” said Seeley in the following report.

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