Author Archive
ICQ Podcast S05 E20 – Operating Aboard (23 September 2012)
Series Five Episode Twenty of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Amateur Radio Astronomy
- Two commercial operations evicted from amateur bands
- Icom UK releases Amateur Radio IP Software
- Banbury Canal Day
- California QSO Party
- 3D2C DXpedition to Conway Reef
- End of an era for MKARS at Bletchley Park
- First Thames Amateur Radio Group Meeting
Listener mailbag and Martin (M1MRB) discusses operating aboard
ICQ Podcast S05 E19 – Good audio – Julius D Jones, W2IHY (9 September 2012)
Series Five Episode Nineteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Emergency Network in Dominican Republic activated
- Hams come online to help with Asia disasters
- Philippine Radio Hams get 7200-7300 kHz
- PB100, Netherlands Special Event
- Dublin Bus celebrates its 25th birthday
- Region 1 EMC WG to asked to reconsider PLT policy
- Repeater Directory Android App now available
- Coastal station VIP marks its 100 years
- Broadcaster vacates 40m amateur band
- Has 2O12L broken a world record?
Listener mailbag and Martin (M1MRB) interviews Julius D Jones (W2IHY) about good audio.
ICQ Podcast S05 E18 – South London Amateur Radio Roundtable (26 August 2012)
Series Five Episode Eighteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- New Section Boundaries for Ontario
- Radio Exam Question Updates
- Floods in the Philippines hit Manilla
- Father and Son complete SOTA England
- Vanity call sign fee to increase
- Retaining New and Young Radio Amateurs
- QST Managing Editor killed in house fire
- SU30ASR Special Event
- QST Managing Editor killed in house fire
- Amateur Radio Technical Article Archive
- Radio Amateur reaches Mongolia in Fiat Panda
- Operations at 2O12L
Listener mailbag and Ed Durrant VK2ARE reports from Australia and Martin (M1MRB) and Colin (M6BOY) are joined in a South London Amateur Radio Roundtable with John Stacy, Chris Howard (2E0CTH) and Martin Rothwell M0SGL).
ICQ Podcast S05 E17 – Olympic Torch & 2O12L Special Event Station (12 August 2012)
Series Five Episode Seventeen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. The latest news, listener mailbag and Chris Howard, 2E0CTH reports from the last day of the radio special events station for the Olympic torch relay and Pete M0PSX reports from 2O12L, the special event station for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Tethersat-1 & 2 to test Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion
- German needed for Madeira contest team
- Ofcom licence exempt consultation
- New Russian Satellite RS-40
- New version of CWWAV
- SA Electronic Communications Amendment Bill
- GB2EIJ Essex International Jamboree
- Writtle Calling celebrates 90th anniversary of 2MT
- Lasting Moments of First Excitement
Listener mailbag and Chris Howard, 2E0CTH reports from the last day of the radio special events station for the Olympic torch relay and Pete M0PSX reports from 2O12L, the special event station for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
ICQ Podcast S05 E17 – Olympic Torch & 2O12L Special Event Station (12 August 2012)
Series Five Episode Seventeen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. The latest news, listener mailbag and Chris Howard, 2E0CTH reports from the last day of the radio special events station for the Olympic torch relay and Pete M0PSX reports from 2O12L, the special event station for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Tethersat-1 & 2 to test Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion
- German needed for Madeira contest team
- Ofcom licence exempt consultation
- New Russian Satellite RS-40
- New version of CWWAV
- SA Electronic Communications Amendment Bill
- GB2EIJ Essex International Jamboree
- Writtle Calling celebrates 90th anniversary of 2MT
- Lasting Moments of First Excitement
Listener mailbag and Chris Howard, 2E0CTH reports from the last day of the radio special events station for the Olympic torch relay and Pete M0PSX reports from 2O12L, the special event station for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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.












