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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

• World Amateur Radio Day - Emergency Comms
• Engineers Ireland Week of Wonder
• UK Amateur Radio Exam Committee Report 2008
• Calculating Toriod Parameters
• World record EME contact?
• RSGB statement on PLT
• AO-51 2nd repeater for K5D Desecheo Island operation
• Colette Bowe New Ofcom Chair
• Mobile phone use on Ryanair Flights
• The Gnat
• RSGB Morse Certificate of Competency
• St Patrick’s Day station
• Special Rabbie Burns Station

• Wimbledon Pink with Amateur Thermonuclear Fusion
• Sunspot cycle 24
• New Zealand to get 7.1-7.2 MHz Primary
• US astronaut talks with schools in Greece
• Russian and US satellites collide
• More access for Swedish amateurs
• Silent Key - DJ7ST
• Repeater added to D-Star network
• 2009 International Museums Weekend

Reviews of Amateur Radio books and a review of Herve Pellarin F0FAK Linux Amateur Radio DVD, Shackbox.

• Interesting Antenna
• New Channels for Danish Amateurs
• The Bolton Wireless Club VHF Event
• The QRP Calendar Change
• The Goat Hiker K3Y/0
• Diary Date - OzarkCon
• Soldering Surface Mount Components

James, M0BOV discussing his modification of his IC-7000, a review of this quarters Sprat Magazine and upcoming events

• Trading standards complaint against BT interference
• RSGB Train the Trainers
• Audio Line using Torid
• Testing SWR
• Diary dates for Morse operators
• RF-based TV remote runs forever on single cell
• New Local 2m D-STAR Repeater
• Did you attend the CATS Bazaar 2007?
• Sharing 70cms
• QTH locatoring with Google Maps
• UK Contest news