The Philip­pine Ama­teur Radio Association’s Ham Emer­gency Radio Oper­a­tions (HERO)  net­work acti­vat­ed on July 7 at 2145 UTC, as fears arose that super typhoon Nepar­tak could ampli­fy the effects of the south­west mon­soon. Heavy rains in some areas caused schools to pre-emp­tive­ly can­cel classes. 

HERO oper­a­tor DV7DRP opened the net on 7095 kHz at 2300 UTC on July 7 with relay net con­trols DU1IVT, DU7DUG, and DU1EQ. Prop­a­ga­tion neces­si­tat­ed relays and a hand­off of net con­trol duties to DU1VHY. 

Rain­fall of vary­ing inten­si­ty was report­ed, but flood­ing on the streets of affect­ed areas was most­ly minor. Riv­er con­di­tions in the metro Mani­la area were also being tracked, with the Marik­i­na Riv­er at 13.7 meters. In gen­er­al, rain­fall has con­cen­trat­ed in the cen­tral Luzon and Met­ro­pol­i­tan Mani­la areas. 

Nepar­tak then struck Tai­wan leav­ing two dead and sev­er­al injured, before weak­en­ing as it head­ed for a sec­ond land­fall on the Chi­nese main­land.

— Rober­to ‘Jojo’ Vicen­cio DU1VHY