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ICQ Podcast S06 E15 – Improving your Handy Talkie (28 July 2013)
Series Six Episode Fifteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has been released. The latest news, Listener Mailbag, North American report from Frank Howell, K4FMH and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) improves your handy talkie.
- Radio hams get access to 18m EME dish
- The dangers of lithium batteries
- Special event station - PA1813A
- 70-year-old Radio Ham's epic voyage
- EMCOMMWEST 2013 cancelled
- HAARP facility shuts down
- Australian Remembrance Day Contest 2013
- Ham radio couple in Ghana
- Ham Radio satellite operation from Guernsey
- Radio Communication Exam Syllabuses
Series Six Episode Fifteen – Improving your Handy Talkie
Series Six Episode Fifteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has
been
released. The latest news, Listener Mailbag, North American report from Frank Howell, K4FMH and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) improves your handy talkie.
- Radio hams get access to 18m EME dish
- The dangers of lithium batteries
- Special event station - PA1813A
- 70-year-old Radio Ham's epic voyage
- EMCOMMWEST 2013 cancelled
- HAARP facility shuts down
- Australian Remembrance Day Contest 2013
- Ham radio couple in Ghana
- Ham Radio satellite operation from Guernsey
- Radio Communication Exam Syllabuses

Series Six Episode Fourteen – Friedrichshafen Amateur / Ham Radio Show
Series Six Episode Fourteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has been released. The latest news and Ed Durrant (VK2JI) reports from the Amateur / Ham Radio Show - Friedrichshafen.
- UK Radio Ham plans Lunar CubeSat
- 915-921 MHz to be licence exempt in UK
- Olivier ON4EI back in Ireland
- Australian SKI DXepedition
- British Railways Amateur Radio Society GX4LMR
- Air waves are affecting the Airways
- 15-year-old develops body heat powered flashlight
- The CCXD Award - the ultimate award

ICQ Podcast S06 E13 – Radio Safety (30 June 2013)
Series Six Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- RSGB Centenary
- New GB3WGI 144MHz transatlantic beacon goes live with G2FKZ legacy funding
- Dot, dash, full stop: Telegram service ends
- Moon bounce from Antarctica
- Duhallow Repeater Group
- 70MHz DXpedition to EU-013 Jersey
- 3rd UK High Altitude Society Conference
- California Radio Hams claim 77 GHz world record
- Band allocation at 5 MHz for Samoa
- 5 GHz Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
- Google Project Loon using 2400 and 5800 MHz
Your feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses Radio Safety.
ICQ Podcast S06 E13 – Radio Safety (30 June 2013)
Series Six Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- RSGB Centenary
- New GB3WGI 144MHz transatlantic beacon goes live with G2FKZ legacy funding
- Dot, dash, full stop: Telegram service ends
- Moon bounce from Antarctica
- Duhallow Repeater Group
- 70MHz DXpedition to EU-013 Jersey
- 3rd UK High Altitude Society Conference
- California Radio Hams claim 77 GHz world record
- Band allocation at 5 MHz for Samoa
- 5 GHz Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
- Google Project Loon using 2400 and 5800 MHz
Your feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses Radio Safety.
Series Six Episode Thirteen – Radio Safety
Series Six Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has
been
released. The latest news, your feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses Radio Safety.

- RSGB Centenary
- New GB3WGI 144MHz transatlantic beacon goes live with G2FKZ legacy funding
- Dot, dash, full stop: Telegram service ends
- Moon bounce from Antarctica
- Duhallow Repeater Group
- 70MHz DXpedition to EU-013 Jersey
- 3rd UK High Altitude Society Conference
- California Radio Hams claim 77 GHz world record
- Band allocation at 5 MHz for Samoa
- 5 GHz Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
- Google Project Loon using 2400 and 5800 MHz

ICQ Podcast S06 E12 – Antenna Analyzers (16 June 2013)
Series Six Episode Twelve of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Amateur Radio Club to hold emergency exercise
- UK Amateur Radio Consultations
- Raspberry Eye In The Sky
- Radio Sri Lanka to stop using 7190 kHz
- Awareness drive to revive ham radio
- VHF Radio Hams missing
- Fridge knocks out cell-phone network
- Dutch ham radio trio on Jersey
Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses Antenna Analyzers and Ed Durrant (VK2JI) reports from the WIA 2013 AGM in Australia.












