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• Spectrum Defence Fund announced
• Logbook of The World Reaches New Milestones
• National Amateur Radio Centre construction 
• AO51 magnetic 'flip' experiment successful
• Scott Robbins, W4PA, to purchase Vibroplex
• Experienced CW op for rare IOTA DXpedition
• SDR-Radio.com
• Ofcom - Release of the 59 - 64 GHz band
• 500kHz 1mW QRP gets to Norway
• Website for amateur satellite XW-1
• Indian amateurs get new frequencies
• Amateurs in Bahrain gain new frequencies 

Your feedback, upcoming events, Hints, Tips and Tricks and Martin, M1MRB discusses a Weekend in Radio

Series Two Episode Twenty-Five of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-

• New antenna installed on ISS
• Icom ceases IC706 production
• Re-launch of Darwen ARC
• 10 GHz Rainscatter video
• Yaesu Heritage Year 2010 - GS2MP
• Version 2.0 of WSPR
• New Technician questions released Jan 2010
• G8KW Silent Key
• UK's 1st G2 connected simplex D-Star node
• Belgian hams get 4m allocation
• Climate Change Conference
• SKN on OSCAR 2010 
• Radio mast 'thumbs up' from planners
• Kish Lighthouse activation

Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin, M1MRB discusses PC Interfacing

• Licence validation period extended
• GB3WX 6m/10m crossband repeater
• WA6ITF retires from Fox TV
• Whip Competition
• Frequency Measuring Test
• Ham couple save man's life
• AMSAT "Student Membership"
• New Bent Element Yagi tested
• Hams exempt from new cellphone law
• Happy Birthday OSCAR 7
• Trinidad & Tobago 5 MHz operation?
• Finland gets access to 70 MHz
• Norwegian amateurs get 3 new bands
• Donation to Irish Society

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• London 2012 Spectrum Plan
• Sweden withdraws noisy PLT equipment
• Black Isle VHF Repeater back on air
• Getting very serious with ham radio contest
• Icom UK on the move
• Hams woos kids at HMO Science Day 
• Galway VHF Group RNLI operation
• Marconi Nobel 100 Award 
• Space satellites made in Stevenage
• New 23cm D-STAR Group
• Galway APRS Digipeater 
• Thailand's 7MHz expansion gets the go-ahead 
• Higher capacity batteries

Vintage Wireless and Television Museum and upcoming events.

• School DSTAR linkup UK to USA
• High-speed D-STAR replaces AX.25 Packet
• New version of Airlink Express
• Early amateur television reception
• Mark M0IEO - CARS Amateur of the Year
• Greedy PLT 
• Columbus antennas to take to the skies
• Family electrocuted erecting antenna
• Antenna dangers online tool
• GB7MBC DXCluster for mobile phones
• 161 km voice-powered QSO
• Winter Olympics Special Event

Your feedback, Martin, Jota 2009 and the latest series, hint, tips and tricks.

• Grant for WWII code-breaking site
• Pirate banned from rooftops
• Ontario Provincial Police Force special event
• Free Yagi antenna design
• New Magnetron developed
• Preparing for WRC-12
• Successful launch of Amateur Radio CubeSats
• Melbourne Digital Amateur Television – update
• Special Mine Activity - Finland
• RSGB goes legal over Power Line Adaptors
• Anti-wi-fi paint offers security
• AO-51 configuration to support JOTA
• Antique Wireless Association Valve QSO Party
• FM satellites - Antarctica to VK and ZL
• New version of PocketDigi

Your feedback, Martin, M1MRB discusses QRP, and the first in our new series, hint, tips and tricks.

News Stories include:-

• Promoting Amateur Radio from the 'Fourth Plinth'
• New version of GJTRACKER available
• Jamming sellers to be fined
• Young amateur to join DXpedition
• UK HF Propagation Predictions
• Hams invited to join new emergency corp
• D-STAR on AO-27
• GB7NB D-STAR repeater operational
• DRM Receiver Profiles released at IBC 2009
• RSGB PLT Leaflet
• IARU Region 3 Conference Papers
• BBCTV Vintage video received in New York
• Wireless Communication Lectures
• Maldives operation
• Jamboree On The Air

Charlie Davey, M0PZT, joins use to discuss ClusterClient and your feedback.