ICQPodcast Episode 484 - New Lead Free Solder

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB,  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 New Lead Free Solder.

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News stories include: -

• Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
• Project Pursues Mysteries of Sporadic E-Skip
• Open-Source Software Modem Called a Vara Replacement
• ARISS Announces Plans for Moon-Based Ham Radio
• Helping Girl Guides Earn Licenses in the Caribbean
• Alamogordo Hamfest Turns 40 This September
• Student Joins South Georgia Island Dxpedition Team
• Turn Your Android Phone into a Modern Ham Radio Transceiver
• Icom UK and Icom America Partner to Sponsor WRTC 2026

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

ICQPodcast Episode 483 - Fault Finding

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, 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 Fault Finding.

We would like to thank Peter Weston (2E0DED) and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert-free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate

News stories include: -

• STEM On and Off the Air
• Award Recognises Dxpeditions with Remote Operations
• WIA asks for Changes to Sub-Antarctic Callsign Prefixes
• CW Ops Needed to Copy Data from Tokyo-Built Cubesat
• Closure of BBC Radio 4 on Long Wave (LW)
• Salty Walt Goes “Next Level” with New Portable Antenna Sketchbook
• New Edition of No Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide
• Morse Code Used as Part of a Hack to Steal $200,000 Worth of Cryptocurrency
• Cat Pix on the Air - 2026

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

ICQPodcast Episode 482 - AMSAT President Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), 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 AMSAT President Drew KO4MA

We would like to thank Paul Elliott (G0TXL) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert-free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate

News stories include: -

• Free antenna booklet by Jukka Siitari
• Hamlib Named Winner of the 2026 Amateur Radio Software Award
• FCC Grants Frequencies' Use for Satellite Service
• Linux Kernel Drops AX.25 and Amateur Radio Subsystem Support
• Rocket Lab Launches Eight JAXA Satellites on Kakushin Rising Mission
• Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution
• Amateur Radio to Participate in DoD Armed Forces Day Crossband Test

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