Sunday 25 September 2022

ICQPodcast Episode 386 - Tips from the Shack



In this episode, we join Martin M1MRB, Frank Howell (K4FMH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature Tips from the Shack.

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News stories include: -

Amateur Radio Helps Disabled Sailboat to Port

Radio Amateurs are not Afraid of a Blackout

The Largest Commercial Communications Array ever has just Launched

104-year-old Radio Ham is on the Air

First 40 MHz SSB contact between UK and South Africa

40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting

Videos from Digital Communications Conference 2022

Latest Version of RSGB EMF Calculator

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


Sunday 11 September 2022

ICQPodcast Episode 385 - Is 10 Watts Enough?

In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and this episode's feature Is 10 Watts Enough?

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News stories include: -

  • PRESENTER OPINION : How Healthy is your Club?
  • New Zealand acts over Importation of Handheld Transceivers
  • Special 9/11 Call Sign
  • Regulations change Challenges Amateurs in Cambodia
  • The Ultimate in SOTA/POTA/Portable All in One event
  • New Advocate for Slow CW
  • American Clubs Collaborate
  • New Entry-Level Licence Class 'N' on its Way
  • More African Countries Arrive on 60 m

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

Sunday 28 August 2022

ICQPodcast Episode 384 - FT8 as a Messaging Network?

In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Frank (K4FMH), Chris (M0TCH) and Martin (M0SGL) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature FT8 as a Messaging Network.

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News stories include: -

  • Simultaneous APRS and Voice Repeater on the International Space Station
  • Hams Radio Operators Support American Red Cross in Kentucky Flood Response
  • 13-year-old Restoring Old Soviet Tech in Georgia
  • Bicycle Mobile Competition at Ham Radio Event
  • ARUMS newsletter - Over The Horizon Radars
  • New Radio - Icom IC-905
  • New Radio - Yaesu FT-710
  • United States Special Event
  • Free Windows RF Calculator - WinRFCalc
  • GB3HA Back on Air in Northumberland

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


Monday 15 August 2022

ICQPodcast Episode 383 - International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend 2022

In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Ed Durrant DD5LP and Chris Howard M0TCH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature Edmund Spicer M0MNG previews International Lighthouse and Lightships Weekend 2022.

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ARISS contact with Summer Camp students at Kopernik Observatory and Science Center, Vestal, New York, USA

News stories include: -

  • A Radio Relic
  • Two New Amateur Radio Bands for Canadian Hams
  • Hams on SOTA Event Help Prevent Major Forest Fire
  • Angola DXpedition Promises People the moon
  • Failure in Launching Indian Schoolgirls’ Ham Satellite
  • NRAO Program to Educate Emerging Generation of Scientists using Amateur Radio
  • QSO Expo Returns for Autumn 2022 Show
  • Remembrance Day Contest
  • AP75PAK Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Pakistan

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