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March 3, 2025
It is with great sadness that I make the following announcement.
Gerald E. “Gerry” Murphy, Jerry as some knew him, passed away on February 25, 2025. He was a licensed Amateur Radio Operator with the callsign K8YUW. He is also the founder of the Hurricane Watch Net.
In 1965, at the age of 28, Jerry was stationed at the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, Rhode Island. During his time off, he handled countless phone patches and messages to and from military-deployed personnel as a member of the Intercontinental Amateur Radio Net (IARN) on 14.320 MHz. On Labor Day Weekend, Hurricane Betsy was moving through the Bahamas and many people were asking about this storm. Back then, we didn’t have 24-hour news and weather. Forecasting back then, compared to today, was still in its infancy. There was so much interest in what the storm was doing that it created a major disruption in IARN activities. Jerry suggested to the Net Manager to move those interested in the storm up 5 MHz to get them off the Net, and the Net Manager agreed. Marcy Rice, KZ5MM located in the Canal Zone (Panama), followed Jerry, and together they established the first “Hurricane Watch Net” on 14.325.00 MHz.
Jerry managed the Net from September 1965 until February 1988. He continued to serve as Assistant Net Manager until he retired from the Net in March 1991 due to health complications.
Jerry was a long-time resident of Lakewood, OH. He passed away peacefully at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky, OH on February 25, 2025. He was 88 years old. Click here for his online obituary.
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/37994045/gerald-e.-"gerry"-murphy
In one of Jerry’s letters to the Hurricane Watch Net, he explained his “guiding principles were led by the Public Interest, Convenience or Necessity. Nothing more, nothing less”.
Jerry, thank you for creating this great organization. Your vision, care, and compassion, without a doubt, have helped many before, during, and after these dangerous tropical cyclone events. I am thrilled your legacy of the HWN lives on!
Rest in Peace, my friend!!!
Bobby Graves
KB5HAV
Net Manager
Hurricane Watch Net
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