Author Archive
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.
ICQ Podcast S04 E14 – WSPR (3 July 2011)
Series Four Episode Fourteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Radio Ham gets National Security / Technology role
- UK Southern 80m news readings to cease
- Comments to RSGB
- New callsign suffixes for New Zeland Amateurs
- VHF interference problem solved
- Near-vertical incidence skywave measurements published
- West Yorkshire Repeater Group to go digital
- Limerick 2m repeater vandalised
- VK3RDD repeater
- VHF WSPR beacon from EA1
- Youngsters On The Air
- Malpas pupil takes to the airwaves
- Converting a computer PSU into a bench PSU
- Distance learning advanced exam
Your feedback, Austrialian report from Ed Durrant (VK2ARE) and Chris Howard (2E0CTH) reviews WSPR.
ICQ Podcast S04 E13 – Joy of Electronics (19 June 2011)
Series Four Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Urgent notice to South Africian amateur radio licensees
- Ethiopian Amateur / Ham Radio Society back on the air
- New shortwave frequency for Commando Solo
- International Museums Weekend
- SatNav Jamming
- Powerline to pollute Cumbria
- Council of Europe recommends RF free zones
- US Amateur / Ham Radio 60m under threat
- ARRL VHF/UHF advisory committee seeks input
- Ham Radio in NY Times Podcast
- DXpedition to Palestine
- 21 MHz band Aussie radar
- NZART Amateur of the Year
- Norwegian Radio Amateurs provide emergency comms
- Amateurs help NASA to receive solar images
Your feedback, US Hambrief report from Chris Matthieu (N7ICE) and Martin talks about the Joys of Electronics.
ICQ Podcast S04 E13 – Joy of Electronics (19 June 2011)
Series Four Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Urgent notice to South Africian amateur radio licensees
- Ethiopian Amateur / Ham Radio Society back on the air
- New shortwave frequency for Commando Solo
- International Museums Weekend
- SatNav Jamming
- Powerline to pollute Cumbria
- Council of Europe recommends RF free zones
- US Amateur / Ham Radio 60m under threat
- ARRL VHF/UHF advisory committee seeks input
- Ham Radio in NY Times Podcast
- DXpedition to Palestine
- 21 MHz band Aussie radar
- NZART Amateur of the Year
- Norwegian Radio Amateurs provide emergency comms
- Amateurs help NASA to receive solar images
Your feedback, US Hambrief report from Chris Matthieu (N7ICE) and Martin talks about the Joys of Electronics.
ICQ Podcast S04 E12 – BHI Noise Cancellation (05 June 2011)
Series Four Episode Twelve of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Radio Show about Amateur / Ham Radio
- Is USA 420-440 MHz safe?
- National Amateur / Ham Radio Club of the Year winners
- London Olympic 70cm tests
- 6C8G Amateur / Ham Radio valves (tubes) wanted
- Out-of-this-world communications for Children and the Pope
- P3-E and P5 Amateur Radio satellites update
- No more morse in Japan test
- Australian top Amateur / Ham Radio DXCC’rs
- Radio Nord Revival back on 603 kHz
- 2011 70 MHz Sporadic-E season has opened
- Sun becomes more active again
- RSGB to sell Luso radio tower
- Long-distance ham radio bicyclist rides from Alaska to Texas
Your feedback and Graham Somerville (M3ZGS) joins us to discuss BHI Noise Cancellation products.
ICQ Podcast S04 E12 – BHI Noise Cancellation (05 June 2011)
Series Four Episode Twelve of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Radio Show about Amateur / Ham Radio
- Is USA 420-440 MHz safe?
- National Amateur / Ham Radio Club of the Year winners
- London Olympic 70cm tests
- 6C8G Amateur / Ham Radio valves (tubes) wanted
- Out-of-this-world communications for Children and the Pope
- P3-E and P5 Amateur Radio satellites update
- No more morse in Japan test
- Australian top Amateur / Ham Radio DXCC’rs
- Radio Nord Revival back on 603 kHz
- 2011 70 MHz Sporadic-E season has opened
- Sun becomes more active again
- RSGB to sell Luso radio tower
- Long-distance ham radio bicyclist rides from Alaska to Texas
Your feedback and Graham Somerville (M3ZGS) joins us to discuss BHI Noise Cancellation products.
ICQ Podcast S04 E11 – Worldwide Contributors News (22 May 2011)
Series Four Episode Eleven of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-
- Apply to the National Amateur Radio Emergency Database
- International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Coming Soon
- CASHOTA Ireland and UK Activity Weekend
- Education Through Amateur Satellites
- New US 4-metre Band Beacon
- PSAs for Amateur Radio
- Thousands of Ham Radio Equipment Stolen
- Walton Fire Rescue Gets Ham Radios
- Enigma Exhibition
- New Radio Listening Guides for Asia-Pacific
- New 40m beacon tests NAVIS conditions
- Decline in UK Amateur Exam Passes
- Saluting Those That Serve
Your feedback, Steve Nichols (G0KYA) Propogation Report, Down Under Report from Ed Durrant (VK2ARE) and a North American HamBrief from Chris Mathieu (N7ICE)












