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News Stories include

• Egyptian Lighthouse DXpedition
• No problems with Smart Metering - RSGB
• Holy Island to be active
• New version of MULTIPSK released
• Wind up radio inventor honoured
• Thames Estuary interference on 433.500 MHz
• Amateur Radio Exam Secrets
• Seeking Hams / Groups near Worcester, NY, USA
• Regional AMSAT Nets via Echolink
• Nick Power’s £10,000 RNLI Challenge
• 2009 Museum Ship Weekend Event
• Licence Exempt Short-Range Devices consultation
• AO-51 ready's for Field Day
• 80m Counties Contest

Martin reviews a new batch of Amateur Radio Software, upcoming events and your feedback.

News Stories include

• International Year of Astronomy Special Event Station
• 2-metre DX contact video
• Charity Cycle Ride M0NOD
• Dundalk ARS Contest Station
• Extra Foundation course - Bath
• Monitoring Monthly Magazine
• RSGB President appointed to CEPT
• European Amateur to command ISS
• Mobile Spectrum Usage Monitoring
• 1940s Family Festival
• LF band access in Australia
• Growth in Australian Amateurs
• Lifetime licensing - notice from ComReg
• Brede Scouts on the airwaves

Martin, M1MRB talks to David Harris, G2BOF about the Worked all Britain award. and your feedback.

Series Two Episode Ten of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast.

News Stories include

• Moonwalking ham radio operators
• SA licence forgeries
• Sri Lanka drops Morse requirement
• IC-E80D & ID-E880 Dualband D-STAR Transceivers
• Icom Relaunch UK Website
• Icom Release IC-7600 HF+50MHz transceiver
• European Radio Amateurs' Organization is born
• 'Mills on the Air' Weekend
• Young Brit wins Radio Arcala award
• New 6m Norfolk net
• Leicester Show at Donington one last time
• Three Amateur Radio CubeSats launched
• Space Day - National Air and Space Museum

Martin, M1MRB discusses purchasing power supplies, upcoming events and your feedback.

Series Two Episode Nine of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News stories include:-

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  • RSGB appeal provides repeater funds
  • 20M Frequency move conflicts with G-QRP
  • National Dead Parrot Day
  • 70cm Threat eases in VK
  • KiwiSat taking shape
  • Austrian 70 MHz Beacon OE5QL
  • Improved, ultra-small, linear transponder
  • Leominster antenna rejected
  • CQ World Wide DX Contest breaks 10k barrier
  • Hi-tech system failure - Hams Help
  • Tree Antennas
  • The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown

Martin, M1MRB is joined by Ray, G4NSJ discussing repairing vintage amateur radios, upcoming events and your feedback.

Series Two Episode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast. News stories include

• EVE - bouncing signal off Venus
• Unauthorized use contest callsign
• DXpedition to Canary Island
• Big licence fee hits SA Radio Hams
• Construction 1049 ft Miami tower
• Radio astronomy gets grant boost
• Austrian Special Event Station
• The PW 'Surefire'
• Ham Radio 2009 Friedrichshafen
• RSGB Direction Finding Seminar
• Sail Round UK for charity
• International Marconi Day 2009
• Emergency frequencies for Italian earthquake

Martin, M1MRB discusses MutliMeters, and the latest events.

• KiwiSat - transponder on test
• WICEN - call for operators
• Intermediate Book changes for new syllabus
• Irish 5 MHz renewals
• New book by Alan Betts
• SOTA from high mountains of France
• VE7ISV, new BC/YK Regional Director
• Rare Hawaiian county activated
• Burghardt stops selling Radio equipment
• 7100-7200kHz section of 40m in France
• New Australian D-Star repeater
• London 70cm D-Star
• Spud Gun demo video
• Tribute Ireland’s Radio Nova
• Sable Island DXpedition
• 15-minutes scramble for fun
• Emley Moor Beacons QRT

Alun Cross, G4WGE talks about being awarded the DXCC award.

• New RAC Vice President
• VHF Stream added to RSGB Convention
• Science of Space Weather
• Police track rise of pirate radio
• New DRM receiver announced
• Successful Desecheo DXpedition
• New Ham Radio Satellite PowerPoint
• Satellite debris re-enters Earth
• SuitSat-2 meeting in Phoenix
• Police detonate Ham Radio equipment
• GB5SPD St. Patrick's Day
• GB3WA - Out of service
• AO-27 satellite back online

Also, Colin Butler passes his Amateur Radio exam and Jerry Taylor, KD0BIK, joins us to talk about Volunteering