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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)
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode Two (17 January 2010) – Learning Morse Code
Series Three Episode Two of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News Stories include:-
- UK Space Exploration Review
- Scatterpoint 2008 issues now online
- UK CW Table
- Police sue over 'radio injuries'
- Essex packet network closes
- Tangled aerials solution
- New 10m beacon in Indiana
- BACAR to launch in Western Cape
- New club for Morse enthusiasts
- Swedes withdraw Powerline
- New Indian Amateur Radio Satellite
- SOTA Winter Bonus
- New Mountain Goat - M0RCP
- 960kms with 1mW ERP 500kHz WSPR
Your feedback, upcoming events and Martin discusses learning morse code.
ICQ Podcast Series Three Episode One (03 January 2010) – Choosing 2010 Construction Project
- World-wide XW-1 Beacon Reports
- VE3CT appointed to Hall of Fame
- New wireless mic licensing arrangements
- Satellite contact via VO-52
- Warning truckers away from 10m
- BBC Paper on PLT
- BT Home Networking questionnaire
- 500kHz NoVs extended to 2012
- Space Weather Research - lifetime chance
- $25k Ham Radio Mobile
- Oz bushfire destroys radio clubhouse
- Young Ham Successes
- Police silence ‘voice of God’
Your feedback, and Martin explains our choice for the 2010 ICQ Podcast Construction Project.
ICQ Podcast Series Two Episode Twenty-Seven (27 December 2009) – 2009 Roundtable Review
ICQ Podcast Series Two Episode Twenty-Six (20 December 2009) – A Weekend in Radio
- 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
ICQ Podcast Series Two Episode Twenty-Five (06 December 2009) – PC Interfacing
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












