ICQPodcast Episode 493 - What makes a Radio Antenna Fail?

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB)  to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is What makes an Antenna Fail?

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News stories include: 

• AMSAT Youth Initiative Launches Its Fifth Course: Satellites and Astronomy
• Remote FT8, No VPN Required: Say Hello to HamRadioWeb
• Two Years After Helene, Western North Carolina Builds a Radio Network That Won't Go Dark
• Route 66 Takes a Detour Onto the HF Highway
• North Dakota Hams Run a Full Communications Blackout Drill
• Icom Releases Firmware Update 1.03 for the IC-7300MK2
• 100 Years of the Yagi: Contest University Marks a Milestone Antenna Design

The ICQPodcast can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com

ICQPodcast Episode 492 - Which Hotspot

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP  to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Which Hotspot.

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News stories include: 

• Amateur Radio technologies help in Canadian Cave Rescue.
• $1 Million and Counting: Contester and Engineer Dr James Galm Makes Historic Gift to ARRL
• AST SpaceMobile's 800 MHz Trial Wraps Up — But the 70cm Interference Story Isn't Going Away
• South African Regulator Closes In on Repeater Interference in Gauteng
• When the Networks Go Down: Bangladesh Runs Nationwide Radio Drill for Quakes, Floods, and Worse
• Wildfire Scorches Vital Nevada Repeater — Repairs Racing to Beat Labour Day
• Bangladesh Wants a Ham Radio Payload on Its Next Satellite — And They Need Your Voice

The ICQPodcast can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com

ICQPodcast Episode 491 - The Science of Making Distant Contacts

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is The Science of Making Distant Contacts.

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News stories include: 

• Colombian Hams Answer the Call After Deadly Earthquake
• 10 Years Old, Freshly Licensed, and Already Rocking a Yaesu FT-857D
• FCC Cracks Down on "Largest GMRS Network in the US" Over Linked Repeater Violations
• Pennsylvania Hams Step Up for the Red Cross
• NASA's PUNCH Mission Cracks Solar Storm Forecasting
• POTA Pulls the Plug on 85% of French Parks — And a Volunteer Resigns Over It
• From Morse to Micropython: RSGB Marks National Coding Week 2026
• Solder, Circuits, and a Radio to Take Home: RSGB's Build Your Own Radio Workshop Returns
• 25 Years On: K4A Takes to the Airwaves for "9/11 We Do Remember"

The ICQPodcast can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com

ICQPodcast Episode 490 - Ham Radio ATU’s

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Ed Durrant DD5LP and Frank Howell K4FMH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Ham Radio ATU’s.

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News stories include: 

• Father-And-Son Dxpedition Team Adds An APRS Mission
• Space Station Logs Historic First ARISS Contact with Kenya
• UK's Leading Observatory Earmarked for Shutdown
• An Incredible Experience. In the Austrian Alps, no less!
• HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Parties Target the Perseids
• Examinations Standards Committee Annual Report
• International Dog Day and International Cat Day Special Event

The ICQPodcast can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com