Author Archive
ICQ Podcast S05 E16 – RSGB Future & Foxhunting (29 July 2012)
Series Five Episode Sixteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Olympics frequency regulations start taking effect
- UK Olympics special events satellite operations
- GB2012RA active from Olympic Shooting venue
- Satellite contact between Cuba and Alaska
- SST-US and Virgin Galactic small satellite launches
- Executive Order poses no threat to the Ham Radio service
- Busy month for North Cork Radio Club
- Give kids a Radio Ham Pi - minister
- Raspberry Pi sends live images from near space
- Low-cost Amateur Radio balloon repeater
- CBer fined for interfering with Air Traffic
- From Bermuda to the moon and back
- RF filters and diplexers - Cross Country Wireless
- Transverter for 472 kHz band
- ZL9HR DXpedition to Campbell Island
Listener mailbag and Colin (M6BOY) analysises the RSGB Future document and Martin (M1MRB) gives an introduction to Foxhunting, radio sytle.
ICQ Podcast S05 E15 – Ham Radio Questions Answered (15 July 2012)
Series Five Episode Fifteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- G3PSM Receives DARC Award
- Brunei chases Pirates
- KiwiSAT hoping for launch mid-2013
- UK HF Propagation charts for July 2012
- Farewell to RNW's shortwave broadcasts
- 35 Years of Amateur Radio Newsline
- Italian HF special event commemorates Apollo space program
- OSCAR-7 DX record broken again
- 420-430 MHz in Australia
- GB2012MV - Manchester Venue
- GB2VET Veterans special event station
- Police Explorers begin Amateur Radio classes
Listener mailbag and Martin (M1MRB) answers questions.
ICQ Podcast S05 E14 – Amateur Radio Worldwide Sailor (1 July 2012)
Series Five Episode Fourteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies
- VK7RRR - Tasmania's First Public D-Star Repeater is On the Air!
- German radio hams gain access to 472-479 kHz
- Segment of 2m to be used for Olympics
- New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool effective
- Insurance scheme for UK Radio Amateurs
- Sending a message to Bletchley Park
- 10th Anniversary of OSCAR 7's Return To Life
- Students build Supercapacitor battery for next ARISSat
- Encouraging science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- ARRL Executive Committee Approves Resource Grants for 11 Schools
- 100 memory buttons and more for Flex PowerSDR
- Le Tour de France 2012 - GB4TDF
Ed Durrant, VK2ARE reports from Australia including an interview with VK2BAA, Worldwide Amateur / Ham Radio sailor.
ICQ Podcast S05 E13 – Cam Hams return from Mull (17 June 2012)
Series Five Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- BBC promotes polluting PLA devices
- Worked All Continents Award
- German Radio Ham arrested in Greece
- 472 kHz and 5 MHz in Denmark
- Radio transmitter causes bomb scare
- International EME Conference 2012
- Germany gains 1331 callsigns in 2011
- Thailand holds Intermediate Exam
- First-time operation from Tanzania
- Raspberry Pi used for Amateur Radio
Martin (M1MRB) talks to the Cambrigde Hams about their Dxpedition to Mull.
ICQ Podcast S05 E12- Buying 1st Amateur Radio Rig (3 June 2012)
Series Five Episode Twelve of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Operators needed for Canal Festival
- Volunteers wanted for RSGB Centenary Working Group
- Yaesu FT1D Digital Handheld
- Italian radio amateurs help out after quake
- New transatlantic 144MHz beacon GB3WGI
- Radio transmitter causes bomb scare
- Cuba's Radio Hams get new Digimodes
- Balloon Crossband Repeater Payload over USA
- ACO exam pass = Amateur Radio Foundation pass
- Change in IRTS 40 Metre News Frequency
- 2012 Torch route tracked on APRS
- Worked All Britain Olympic flame award
Chris Howard (2E0CTH and N4CTH) discusses Buying your first amateur radio rig.
ICQ Podcast S05 E11- Homebrew D-Star (20 May 2012)
Series Five Episode Eleven of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- New frequencies for AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1
- 2E0BTR Mountain Goat
- New regulations for the Olympic Games
- Special UK callsigns for Queen's Diamond Jubilee
- D-Star for London 2012 Olympics
- GB3LV repeater back on the air
- UK Propagation charts for May 2012
- US Emergency Services move to Digital
- Glasgow school wins 70cm CanSat launch competition
- RAYNET Isle of Man
- 60 metres 'Gazetted' in Canada
- European Football Championship 2012 on the Air
Martin M1MRB discusses Homebrew D-STAR.
ICQ Podcast S05 E10 – Planning Antennas (06 May 2012)
Series Five Episode Ten of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Turing’s code breaking papers released
- Special Event station VX3W
- Amateur Frequencies by Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Ham Radio operators respond when severe weather strikes
- SCOTIA Challenge
- 16 Japanese educational satellites to be launched
- Eurovision Song Contest special callsigns
- Lewes Amateur Radio Society Grows
- Amateur radio club members rewarded for activities
- Bath-based Distance Learning
- Experimenter's Special SDR Receiver
- Dutch Mills on the Air
- Ham Radio in Nursing Home
Martin M1MRB discusses Antenna Planning.












