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Series Three Episode Sixteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• Digital TV / Radio - What's Next?
• New callsigns for Ireland's Emergency Network
• ISS SSTV pictures received in Essex
• 2010 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham 
• Youngest Portuguese radio amateur
• Surge in US Amateur Radio licenses
• Amateur Radio exam process streamlined
• MI5 endorse 'ring of steel' for BBC
• ARISS contact with Girl Guides
• Uncensored offshore Fiji news station
• 40m portable antenna shootout
• Amateur Radio contesting simplified
• Amateur radio in the classroom
• Update - D-STAR illegal in France
• Amateurs needed for TV
• 19411 km with 30W to dipole

Your feedback, upcoming events and Norman Bates (5B4AIE) joins Martin (M1MRB) to discuss contesting in Cyprus

Series Three Episode Fifteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• Russian spies and numbers stations
• New RAC Director - Quebec
• Leicester University CubeSat PLUME
• SANDS Contest Group DXpedition
• ISS packet repeater active
• Special Events Stations Hunter Award
• Ofcom Annual Report 2009/10
• Morse and iRTTY for iPhone
• ISS Contacts - an on-orbit decision
• Internet Amateur Radio Concern
• Minister 900 MHz band decision
• Poland's first 10 metre beacon
• DAB 'Flop' and Internet Radio

Your feedback, upcoming events and Colin (M6BOY) discusses SmartPhones for Amateurs

Series Three Episode Fourteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• Radio Hams travel to space station
• May RAE - callsigns not yet available 
• Ham radio satellite SO-67 back on air!
• UK Amateur Radio Licences - 31st May 2010
• New UK Amateur Foundation licence syllabus
• Oman on 50 MHz
• Ham Radio - 2010 National Scout Jamboree 
• Thai hams on 50 MHz for contest
• Stealth antenna for 500 kHz
• Ham radio called-out for campsite flood 
• Slow Scan TV from the edge of space
• Kid's Ham Radio tower must come down
• 30-months for hoax mayday calls
• BBC to Investigate Radio/TV Interference
• D-STAR illegal in France
• Power line tech could crash aircraft

Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) discusses Mobile Installations

Series Three Episode Thirteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• Slow Scan TV on 10 MHz
• ACMA cancels Amateur Radio licence
• VK licence figures show strength
• New 80m SDR Receiver
• Two-way contact achieved on 8.97 kHz
• Feedback added to RSGB blog
• Ham enthusiasts abuzz over traffic ticket
• Feds scrambe in Wireless spectrum crunch
• Amateur's spectacular Channel crossing
• GB3LW back on the air
• Intruders in Amateur Radio Bands
• Croatia 5 MHz and 500 kHz
• London to Brighton cycle ride
• Google Exam Practice Test 
• Optimizing wire antennas online
• Apple iPhone Apps

Your feedback, upcoming events and Chris Howard (2E0CTH) talks about pratical D-STAR.

Series Three Episode Eleven of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• Is the term 'Amateur Radio' still relevant?
• Redefining Electrical Current Law
• New ICOM Handportable Radios
• IC-9100 Satellite Base Station
• 3D views for beacons maps
• Extension of 40-metre band in Kenya
• WIA Centenary callsign is hot
• Wireless microphone ban
• NZ enforces Amateur Radio regulations
• NZ amateur radio study guides
• Radio Hams assist search
• Questions withdrawn from NCVEC Pool
• VHF & Up at the RSGB Convention
• French QSL mystery resolved
• NASB launches International Shortwave Survey
• Abandoned distress beacon triggers search

Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) provides an introduction to four metres.

Series Three Episode Eleven of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• 70.005 MHz WE9XFT beacon operational
• Trip to Mozambique
• Support for South Orkney DXpedition
• Collapsible fabric yagi antenna
• Amateur Services Spectrum Requirements
• Wouxon.US show Chinese HT at Hamvention 
• New regulations for Cayman Islands
• Proposed 5MHz changes in USA
• Australia - Options for 403–520 MHz
• Extended 5 MHz experiment
• 70 MHz beacon upgraded to PSK31
• RSGB respond to Ofcom 433 MHz plans
• ZS10 Soccer World Cup Prefix
• GB7HD D-Star Repeater
• 12 year-old operator shines in contest

Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) tells us about travelling and operating in Ireland.

Series Three Episode Ten of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:

• Caister Marconi station contacts 29 countries
• Government will kill off FM
• Radio Kuwait cleared from amateur band
• Morse practice via Echolink
• WebSDR Remote Radio in Virginia
• Hamvention D-STAR linking announcement
• Gigabit Powerline Adaptor interference video
• GB3YR now live on internet
• The future of amateur radio is youth
• Global Simulated Emergency Tests 2010
• Retro 75 AM Transceiver kit group formed
• Caiguaran - low-cost Cuban transceiver
• GB3VHF back on the air
• Tyco offers free electronics courses

Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) tells us about Holiday Emergency Antenna.