Author Archive
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.
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.












