ICQPodcast Episode 420 - Ultra Portable HF Antennas

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 Ultra Portable HF Antennas. 

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News stories include: -

• 2024 10 Metre SOTA Challenge
• Hams Help Community Radio Station Get Back on Air
• Global Response to Signals from Irelands 1st Satellite
• Tradition Carries on in Sweden
• A DXPedition Before a DXPedition
• ARRL Straight Key Night 2024
• The History of Two-Way Radios

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

ICQPodcast Episode 419 - Quansheng UV-K5 SDR

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 Quansheng UV-K5 SDR

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News stories include: -

• Ofcom Amateur Radio Consultation Statement
• WRC-23: Week-3 Update – 23cm and WPT
• ARRL RF Safety Committee Develops New Guidelines to Communicate RF Safety
• HAMSCI Releases First Solar Eclipse Findings
• ‘First light’: NASA receives a laser-beamed message from 10 million miles away
• New Amateur Extra-Class Question Pool Released
• Proposal Submitted to ESA for Geostationary Microwave Amateur Payload

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

ICQPodcast Episode 418 - SpyRadio And Parasets

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 SpyRadio and Parasets.

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News stories include: -

• Ofcom Investigation Helps to Convict a Man of Causing Interference to Amateur Radio
• Happy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 (AO-73)
• POTA, SOTA and JOTA; Skywarn in Knox County, TN
• Fire Sweeps Through Nikola Tesla's Last Remaining Lab
• Using Radiowaves To Diagnose Climate Issues
• Hams Track Down Medicine in Short Supply for Critically Ill Child
• NASA Launches Spot the Station App
• YOTA Month 2023 has begun
• SDRconnect Preview 2 released

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

ICQPodcast Episode 417 - Youtube Channels for Ham Radio

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), 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 in the episode's feature is YouTube Channels for Ham Radio

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

News stories include: -

• The First Worked All States Certificate Awarded for the 33-Centimeter Band
• RSGB Construction Competition
• ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions
• New Satellite Distance Records
• An Easier Way to Report RFI in Germany
• FCC Extends Windows for Comments on 60m Proposal
• C6AQQ New Providence Island
• New SDRplay reseller in Australia

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