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ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Nine (25 April 2010) – A day at the RSGB
Series Three Episode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- Rescue at Sea
- Belgium to New Zealand with ROS
- The Secrets Of Radar
- Ham foxhunting season begins
- AO-51 CTCSS experiment
- Ham helps victims of heavy Brazilian rains
- 3400 MHz allocation for Estonia
- GB3VHF antenna rigging completed
- Solar powered D-STAR repeater
- MB7PI increase APRS coverage
- Iran’s rejects jamming claim
- Scotish repeater problems solved
- WIA Centenary Award
- Changes to licence application procedures
- Entry level Amateur Radio licence for NZ?
- World DX Club introduces e-membership
- New test version of PC-ALE released
- Beta of SDR-RADIO
Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) tells us about his day at the RSGB AGM.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Eight (11 April 2010) – Test Equipment Review
Series Three Episode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- DRM minimum receiver requirements
- The Birth of British Broadcasting
- UK CubeSail satellite (Joke?)
- Calls on Iran to stop jamming
- Peers fear backlash over radio
- 760–780 MHz Experimental License
- GB3GJ online by end of May
- 9kHz Receiving Equipment
- Revival of Worked All Ireland
- Understanding SDR
- Lottery award for ARC
- Ham makes Great Smoky Mountains rescue
- New version of ROS released
- Improvements to licences in Bahrain
- Copper Wire (Joke)
Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) reviews Peak Electronics test equipment.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Seven (28 March 2010) – Callsigns Uncovered
Series Three Episode Seven of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- Canadian access to 137 Khz
- Canadian Surfacewave HF Radar
- 5MHz for Danish hams
- Viet Nam DXpedition include satellite operation
- Iraq DXpedition
- 60M in Czech Republic
- Beeping Morse Code into business
- Changes to SA radio regulations
- New 8.97kHz DX record
- Hams of the Future Sourced
- Popular After-School Club
- Youngster receives DXCC certificate
- Society celebrates 50th Anniversary
- Installing transceivers in vehicles
- Lightning Predictor kit available
Your feedback and Martin (M1MRB) explains callsigns.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Six (14 March 2010) – Growing your Amateur Radio Club
Series Three Episode Six of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- Memorandum on PLT
- Reverse Beacon Network
- ROS outside US license
- Special short contest callsigns
- NoV's for operation below 9 kHz
- Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility
- New Zealand's Amateurs get 600m band
- Delayed QSL Card
- 20m ROS frequencies moved
- Tripod test with Miracle Antenna & FT-817
- Amateur Radio World Prefix Maps
- Tape Measure Satellite Antenna
- Trapping sunlight with silicon nanowires
Your feedback, Upcoming Events and Martin (M1MRB) gives some tips for growing your Amateur Radio Club.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Five (28 February 2010) – Building TenTec1330 Part2
Series Three Episode Fiver of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- Ham killed in Connecticut explosion
- Cuban HF Number Stations
- Sat-nav's face big errors
- Ham radio's roll expanding in Haiti
- Mod to transmission mode GB3TM
- Windermere Triangle
- Police search for missing ham
- Move of GB3VHF beacon
- Unlicensed Police drone grounded
- NAQCC - Lifetime membership FREE!
- New mode - ROS
- VK2BWI slow morse broadcast
- Iceland's access 70 MHz & 500 KHz
Your feedback, Hints, Tips and Tricks and Martin (M1MRB) discusses completing the building of the TenTec 1330.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Four (14 February 2010) – Building TenTec1330 Part1
Series Three Episode Four of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- Canadian PLT Report
- 'Hams' communicate in Haiti
- New Icom Receiver
- Lightship houses radio exhibits
- Chesterfield Rally cancellation
- 70 MHz in USA?
- Annobon Island DXpedition
- WARC Century Club Formed
- Rockets powered by RF
- Sunspot Chart on the up
- NI's first D-STAR 'hot spot'
- 2M yagi performance table
Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin (M1MRB) describes the first stages of building the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast Construction project - TenTec1330.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Three (31 January 2010) – Talking Antennas
Series Three Episode Three of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- Buddies in the Caribbean
- Special event goes Maritime Mobile
- 1965 Field Day
- Indian Student Satellites
- D-STAR with Worthing Borough Council
- NASA listen for Mars lander
- Spain to shut down illegal radio stations
- Amateur Radio regulatory changes in Denmark
- Save Our AM/FM Stations
- How to check for band openings
- GB3IN goes dual-mode
- Digital ATV for Bournemouth
- 1229kms on 500kHz with 1mW QRP!!
- ARRL sends Ham Aid equipment to Haiti
Your feedback, Hints, Tips & Tricks and Martin (M1MRB), Colin (M6BOY), Alun Cross (G4WGE) discuss Antennas with Ian Hoe (M3GPZ)












