icqpodcast's Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast

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 AI Advancements for Ham Radio We would like to thank our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate eBay Tightens Rules on Radio Equipment Listings — But Ham-Band-Only Gear Is Exempt Pilot Dies After Helicopter Strikes Ham Radio Tower in Florida "Payment Labyrinth" Named as Obstacle to FCC License Renewals Wind-Up Radios Sell Out Across the UK After Government's "Be Ready" Call Say Goodbye to the Leap Second ARRL Survey of Members and Licensees Now Underway — Here's What to Expect HamSCI Lands Nearly $5.5 Million NASA Grant to Bring Space Science to Communities Nationwide OsTrax Launches for Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu — A Fresh Take on Satellite Tracking Free Bilingual Practice Bank Now Available for China's CRAC Amateur Radio Exams No Leniency: FCC Upholds $20,000 Fines in Three Pirate Radio Cases

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 Antennas for QRP and POTA. We would like to thank Mike Wogden (G4KWQ) and Peter Weston (2E0DED) and our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Six Satellites, Three Continents: AMSAT Organisations Make Their Mark on Transporter-18 Ten Minutes That Made History: Chile's First Direct ARISS Contact With a Public School Commercial AM and FM Station Counts Keep Sliding, Latest FCC Totals Show Set Up, Make Contact, Pack Down, Repeat: RaDAR Rally 2026 Is Coming A Century-Old Transmitter Sends a Message of Peace on United Nations Day APRS Connect Lands on iPhone — And Brings APRS OTA Along With It

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 Q and A 2026 We would like to thank Daryll McCaffery (VK6DMC) and our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Will RADE Be the Next SSB? New Azores Collective Brings School Amateur Radio Clubs Together UN Agencies Warn: Spectrum Interference Is Putting Early Warning Systems and Climate Science at Risk Summit Activator's 12th Contact of the Day Wasn't on the Radio — It Was a Rescue On This Net, Etiquette Is No Trivial Matter Nearly 1,000 QSOs Made From a 12,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site in Turkey Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Set for 17th November — As AM Radio Bill Awaits Senate Vote RSGB 2027 Construction Competition Is Open RSGB Adds Another Decade of RadCom to the App Two New Federal Inquiries Put RF Exposure Back Under the Microscope

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? We would like to thank Daryll McCaffery (VK6DMC) and our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the  podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate 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

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