The Hur­ri­cane Watch Net has been acti­vat­ed for Hur­ri­cane Gon­za­lo cur­rent­ly at sea in the Caribbean and expect­ed to reach the British and US Vir­gin Islands. 

The net is using 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz. Please keep those fre­quen­cies clear. 

It passed near Antigua as a trop­i­cal storm, tear­ing roofs from hous­es and knock­ing down trees before fur­ther strength­en­ing and is now clas­si­fied as a hurricane. 

— Jim Lin­ton VK3PC, Chair­man IARU Region 3 Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Committee.