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ICQ Podcast S06 E09 – International Amateur / Ham Radio Beacon Project (5 May 2013)
Series Six Episode Nine of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- The P5 Project
- RILGES East Sussex Repeater Group
- New Amateur Radio Club for Bath
- New QRSS/WSPR ham radio kit
- Free WARD certificate
- South African Hams to get 472 kHz license
- ZB2TEN beacon is now fully operational
- Ham Radio 50 MHz operation in New Zealand
- MB7IDA - Danbury Echolink frequency change
- Taxi drivers fined for using GPS Jammers
- Norfolk Island
- Isle of Skye activation
- Queen's Award for Wood & Douglas
Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) joins us to discuss International Amateur / Ham Radio Beacon Project plus Austalian report from Ed Durrant (VK2JI) and our new north American correspondent Frank Howell (K4FMH)
Series Six Episode Nine – International Amateur / Ham Radio Beacon Project
Series Six Episode Nine of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has been released. The latest news, Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) joins us to discuss International Amateur / Ham Radio Beacon Project plus Austalian report from Ed Durrant (VK2JI) and our new north American correspondent Frank Howell (K4FMH)

- The P5 Project
- RILGES East Sussex Repeater Group
- New Amateur Radio Club for Bath
- New QRSS/WSPR ham radio kit
- Free WARD certificate
- South African Hams to get 472 kHz license
- ZB2TEN beacon is now fully operational
- Ham Radio 50 MHz operation in New Zealand
- MB7IDA - Danbury Echolink frequency change
- Taxi drivers fined for using GPS Jammers
- Norfolk Island
- Isle of Skye activation
- Queen's Award for Wood & Douglas

ICQ Podcast S06 E08 – Cambs-Hams DX Preview (21 April 2013)
Series Six Episode Eight of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Boston Marathon All Hams Reported Safe
- First Cuba to EI contact on FO-29
- Radio hams active in Argentina floods
- Radio Ham named to Senior State Department Telecom post
- Irish entries wanted for Youngsters On The Air
- Ham radio club's 90th birthday
- Warwick University students fly CubeSat
- The Michael Owen Plaque
- UK 434 MHz balloons head for Poland
- UKQRM launches public facing website
- Inner Hebrides on Ham Radio Satellites
- VK5 National and Conservation Parks Award
Listener mailbag feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) talks to the Cambs-Hams about their upcomg DXpedition to Mull.
ICQ Podcast S06 E08 – Cambs-Hams DX Preview (21 April 2013)
Series Six Episode Eight of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Boston Marathon All Hams Reported Safe
- First Cuba to EI contact on FO-29
- Radio hams active in Argentina floods
- Radio Ham named to Senior State Department Telecom post
- Irish entries wanted for Youngsters On The Air
- Ham radio club's 90th birthday
- Warwick University students fly CubeSat
- The Michael Owen Plaque
- UK 434 MHz balloons head for Poland
- UKQRM launches public facing website
- Inner Hebrides on Ham Radio Satellites
- VK5 National and Conservation Parks Award
Listener mailbag feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) talks to the Cambs-Hams about their upcomg DXpedition to Mull.
Series Six Episode Eight – Cambs-Hams DX Preview
Series Six Episode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has been released. The latest news, listener mailbag feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ)is joined by the Cambs-Hams to discuss their upcoming DXpedition to Mull.

- Boston Marathon All Hams Reported Safe
- First Cuba to EI contact on FO-29
- Radio hams active in Argentina floods
- Radio Ham named to Senior State Department Telecom post
- Irish entries wanted for Youngsters On The Air
- Ham radio club's 90th birthday
- Warwick University students fly CubeSat
- The Michael Owen Plaque
- UK 434 MHz balloons head for Poland
- UKQRM launches public facing website
- Inner Hebrides on Ham Radio Satellites
- VK5 National and Conservation Parks Award

ICQ Podcast S06 E07 – Amateur / Ham Radio Scanner (07 April 2013)
Series Six Episode Seven of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- UK Budget to impact Ham Radio?
- National broadcasters reduce shortwave broadcast
- Looming loss of 2300-2302 MHz
- PLC for Smart Meters?
- Fall in UK amateur radio exams
- Raspberry Pi as WSPR transmitter up to 250 MHz
- 2000km DX using the Raspberry Pi
- World Amateur Radio Day 2013
- Radio Ham wins AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize
- Lighthouses having their first activation
- VK National Field Day
Listener mailbag feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses amateur / ham radio scanners.
ICQ Podcast S06 E07 – Amateur / Ham Radio Scanner (07 April 2013)
Series Six Episode Seven of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- UK Budget to impact Ham Radio?
- National broadcasters reduce shortwave broadcast
- Looming loss of 2300-2302 MHz
- PLC for Smart Meters?
- Fall in UK amateur radio exams
- Raspberry Pi as WSPR transmitter up to 250 MHz
- 2000km DX using the Raspberry Pi
- World Amateur Radio Day 2013
- Radio Ham wins AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize
- Lighthouses having their first activation
- VK National Field Day
Listener mailbag feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses amateur / ham radio scanners.












