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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.