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ICQ Podcast S04 E18 – Lord Howe Island DXPedition (28 August 2011)
Series Four Episode Eighteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Baltimore QSL card exhibition
- National special prefix for Parks Canada Centenial
- FUNcube Dongle as a Radio Telescope?
- Lining up for TV hook-up
- Vanity call sign fee to increase
- CASHOTA UK & Ireland Heritage event
- 2 metre DXCC achievement
- Dutch authorities get tough with radio pirates
- G5RP Trophy nominations sought
- Heathkit returns to market
- FO-29 15 years old
- 70th Anniversary for ham couple
Your feedback and Ed Durrant (VK2ARE) provides a report from the Lord Howe Island DXPedition.
ICQ Podcast S04 E18 – Lord Howe Island DXPedition (28 August 2011)
Series Four Episode Eighteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Baltimore QSL card exhibition
- National special prefix for Parks Canada Centenial
- FUNcube Dongle as a Radio Telescope?
- Lining up for TV hook-up
- Vanity call sign fee to increase
- CASHOTA UK & Ireland Heritage event
- 2 metre DXCC achievement
- Dutch authorities get tough with radio pirates
- G5RP Trophy nominations sought
- Heathkit returns to market
- FO-29 15 years old
- 70th Anniversary for ham couple
Your feedback and Ed Durrant (VK2ARE) provides a report from the Lord Howe Island DXPedition.
ICQ Podcast S04 E17 – UV-3R Dualband Handheld Review (14 August 2011)
Series Four Episode Seventeen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- ISS to be deorbited after 2020
- QSL display on TV
- Limerick 2M Repeater QRV again
- UK Propagation charts for August 2011
- Solar flare bound for Earth
- Midland Amateur Radio Society 80 years old
- Prosecution for illegal radio jamming
- New digital EME record on 2 metres
- Youth don't know about Amateur Radio
Your feedback, Steve Nicholls (G0KYA) Propogation Report, Chris Matthieu (N7ICE) provides a North American Hambrief and Chris Howard (2E0CTH) and Colin Butler (M6BOY) review the UV-3R Dual Band Handheld Anateur / Ham Radio.
ICQ Podcast S04 E17 – UV-3R Dualband Handheld Review (14 August 2011)
Series Four Episode Seventeen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- ISS to be deorbited after 2020
- QSL display on TV
- Limerick 2M Repeater QRV again
- UK Propagation charts for August 2011
- Solar flare bound for Earth
- Midland Amateur Radio Society 80 years old
- Prosecution for illegal radio jamming
- New digital EME record on 2 metres
- Youth don't know about Amateur Radio
Your feedback, Steve Nicholls (G0KYA) Propogation Report, Chris Matthieu (N7ICE) provides a North American Hambrief and Chris Howard (2E0CTH) and Colin Butler (M6BOY) review the UV-3R Dual Band Handheld Anateur / Ham Radio.
ICQ Podcast S04 E16 – Cyprus Ham Radio Uncovered (31 July 2011)
Series Four Episode Sixteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- New Zealand's first radio station ZLW 100 years old
- RSGB Amateur Radio survey results
- Ofcom licensing error
- Codar radar on 24 MHz
- Amateur Radio exams falling
- 2 metre simplex frequencies loss imminent in Texas
- Radio ham killed in tower accident
- Ham radio saves man’s life
- SJ22S World Scout Jamboree
- The Republic of South Sudan now a DXCC Entity
- 5 MHz in Slovakia
- 500 kHz and 70 MHz in the Netherlands
- Brazil's first Amateur Radio satellite
Your feedback and Martin (M1MRB) and Colin (M6BOY) interview Richard (5B4AJG / M1EAR) and Baz (5B4AHO / M5BAZ) about being Amateur / Ham Radio operators in Cyprus.
ICQ Podcast S04 E16 – Cyprus Ham Radio Uncovered (31 July 2011)
Series Four Episode Sixteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- New Zealand's first radio station ZLW 100 years old
- RSGB Amateur Radio survey results
- Ofcom licensing error
- Codar radar on 24 MHz
- Amateur Radio exams falling
- 2 metre simplex frequencies loss imminent in Texas
- Radio ham killed in tower accident
- Ham radio saves man’s life
- SJ22S World Scout Jamboree
- The Republic of South Sudan now a DXCC Entity
- 5 MHz in Slovakia
- 500 kHz and 70 MHz in the Netherlands
- Brazil's first Amateur Radio satellite
Your feedback and Martin (M1MRB) and Colin (M6BOY) interview Richard (5B4AJG / M1EAR) and Baz (5B4AHO / M5BAZ) about being Amateur / Ham Radio operators in Cyprus.
ICQ Podcast S04 E15 – Mini Holiday DxEpedition (17 July 2011)
Series Four Episode Fifteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- RS-ID via linked repeaters results
- Space trash misses hams
- Amateur Radio Satellites 50th Anniversary
- New Whipbeater antenna
- Portugal allocates additional 5 MHz frequency
- 500 kHz for Malta
- UK spectrum management
- Rare satellite grid squares activated
- Satellite Beginners Workshop
- Scottish Scout New Horizons Expedition
- Olympic tests on 70cm
- Amateur radio repeater falls silent
- Amateur bags classic callsign
Your feedback, North American HamBrief with Chris Matthieu (N7ICE), American licence system by Jon Hawkes (VK2TCW and K2TCW) and Martin (M1MRB) discusses our mini holiday dxepedition.












