Author Archive
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Eighteen – RSGB President (29 August 2010)
Series Three Episode Seventeen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:
- Hams exempt from RFI ordinance
- Donated spy radio
- Intern builds amateur radio station
- LED technology interference
- Aviation fears over powerline
- Interference investigation
- Radio hams support Pakistan floods
- YL team for Sumburgh Head lighthouse
- Nature Conservation Association needs Hams
- New version of MMSSTV released
- Changes at BARTG 2010
- National Hamfest Award 2010
- Amateur Radio Gets People Talking
- NZ ATV forced digital
- India's hams get 6 metres
Your feedback, upcoming events and David Wilson (M0OBW) joins us to discuss the hobby and his involvement with the RSGB
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Seventeen – Low Frequency (15 August 2010)
Series Three Episode Seventeen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:
- Illegal FM stations is 'terrorism' in Pakistan
- New 10GHz world record
- Wireless Telegraphy devices exemption changes
- RCE Standards Committee report
- Spanish fishery pirates
- 433MHz and 3.6MHz in New Zealand
- IARUMS to clean-up 40 metres
- National radio frequency plan gazetted
- Free 'QSL Gateway' from USA to Europe
- ROS development definitely continues
- VK8NSB SSTV Repeater
- German Radio Amateur arrested in Lebanon
- More geomagnetic storms?
- High efficiency solar cells
- Plasma TV interference complaints
- Irish church intruders
Your feedback, upcoming events and Roger Lapthorn (G3XBM) joins Martin (M1MRB) to discuss low frequency.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Sixteen (01 August 2010) – Cypriot Contester
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
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Fifteen (18 July 2010) – SmartPhones for Amateurs
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
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Fourteen (04 July 2010) – Going Mobile
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
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Thirteen (20 June 2010) – Pratical D-STAR
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.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Twelve (06 June 2010) – Introduction to Four Metres
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.












