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The premier podcast for Amateur Radio / Ham Radio users. News, views, features, upcoming events and Amateur / Ham Radio training. ICQ Podcast is a podcast for you and including you

  1. ICQPodcast Episode 474 - New Radio Shack Additions

    6D AGO

    ICQPodcast Episode 474 - New Radio Shack Additions

    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 New Radio Shack Additions. 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 Easing The Way For Blind Hams To Use Digital Modes AMSAT Youth Initiative Takes a Closer Look at Climate Change New Zealand Hams Use "ZM" Prefix for Centenary Year Starlink is Lowering Thousands of Satellites' Orbits to Reduce the Risk of Collisions Broadcast Marks Historic Radio Site's 100th year FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations to Identify Themselves 2026 is ARRL's Year of the Club -- A Celebration of Amateur Radio Clubs HamSCI Speaker Series Explores WSPR Spectral Width  First Desecheo Island Activation Since 2009

    1h 29m
  2. ICQPodcast Episode 473 - Is AI About to Kill Ham Radio?

    12/27/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 473 - Is AI About to Kill Ham Radio?

    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, Is AI about to kill Ham Radio? We would like to thank Richard French (M7GET) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Up to $25,000 at Stake in New ARRL Student Coding Competition Student Success with DMR Project In India Jim Shaffer, KE5AL, Advocate For Blind Hams Becomes SK At 72 ARDC Launches 44Net Connect International Reply Coupons (IRCs) to End New Satellite Tracking Application Released Four Buchanan Students Earn FCC License World Wide Check-In on Talk Group 91 New Technician Class Question Pool Released

    1h 42m
  3. ICQPodcast Episode 472 - Does a Ham Need a Thermal Camera?

    12/13/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 472 - Does a Ham Need a Thermal Camera?

    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 Do I need a Thermal Camera? We would like to thank Sean Borgerson (KK7OVF) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate "Space Sailors" Seeking Download Help from Ham Radio Operators ARISS Video Promotes School Contacts Through ISS and Amateur Radio New Restrictions for Short-Range UHF Radios in Germany Indian Amateurs Help a Woman Lost in Bangladesh Dr Bob Whelan, G3PJT - Silent Key First HamTV Transmission from ISS Since 2018 SAQ Grimeton to Transmit CW Message

    1h 36m
  4. ICQPodcast Episode 471 - Krampus event and Yaseu UK

    11/30/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 471 - Krampus event and Yaseu UK

    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT and  Edmund Spicer M0MNG to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Krampus event and Yaseu UK We would like to thank Pete Leng (ZL4TE), Daniel Robson (GM6CMQ) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Happy 12th Birthday to AO-73 (FUNcube-1) Neural Codec Called 'Milestone' for Digital Voice Pirate Radio Broadcaster Agrees To $7,200 Payment Opinion: futureGEO is the Most Important Amateur Radio Initiative of this Decade. Why is no one Talking About it? Yasme Grant Supports Hams' Initiatives at Bangladesh Universities Santa Net Returns for 20th Consecutive Year The RSGB Accessibility Champion FT8 Warning to UK Hams

    2h 9m
  5. ICQPodcast Episode 470 - Going to Bouvet Island

    11/16/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 470 - Going to Bouvet Island

    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 the episode's feature is Going to Bouvet Island. We would like to thank Koos Van Den Hout (PE4KH), Anonymous Donor, Dave Renton (G1REN), Michael Nutt (K3LOE) and Michael Currier-Casavant (N1XRR) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Eakinomics: Time to Jettison Legacy FCC Rules 2025 "Dream Rig" Essay Contest for Young Ham Radio Operators Australian Band Plan Gets Sweeping Review Mountain Radio Challenge Tests Skills, Propagation DRM Says It's the Best Choice for Digital Radio in India ISS SSTV Event to Celebrate 25 Years of the International Space Station NARA Hosts Club Week Special Event

    1h 43m
  6. ICQPodcast Episode 469 - Club Open Day and Radio Centre Win Award

    11/02/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 469 - Club Open Day and Radio Centre Win Award

    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 Club open day and RSGB win an award. We would like to thank Walter Turner (W8LN), Walter Washburn (KT0D), David LeBlanc (KF7KAF), Frank Westphal (K6FW), Nicholas Bradley (G4IWO) and Ken DeLap II (KX9U) and our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Ham to Chair Newly Created University Department Reminder: Keep Clear of Emergency Frequencies Young Amateurs Learn New Modes for Emcomm No, SDRs Haven't Ruined DX'ing Astronomy Trade Fair to Debut at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen YOTA Month: Book Your GB25YOTA Operating Is AO-7 Still the Oldest Satellite? Latvia's Hams Honor Nation's First Broadcast Radio at 100

    2h 30m
  7. ICQPodcast Episode 468 - Portable Power

    10/19/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 468 - Portable Power

    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 Portable Power. 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 FCC Denies Approval of 4 Chinese-Owned Electronics Labs What ChatGPT Would do to Attract Young People to Amateur Radio Do we even need QST? Satellites Are Leaking the World's Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data Japanese CubeSats Deployed from ISS Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator  ARRL Year of the Club Newsletter Contest - Call for Submissions

    1h 56m
  8. ICQPodcast Episode 467 - Allan Wiener WBCQ

    10/05/2025

    ICQPodcast Episode 467 - Allan Wiener WBCQ

    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 Allan Wiener WBCQ. 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 Amateur Radio Preps to Defend Antenna Legislation FCC Legalizes Jamming Of Mobile Phones By Prisons A Big Dxpedition Win For African Teen Hams Needed to Track NASA Moon Mission A First For Hams at Nuclear Cleanup Site ISS SSTV Events Upcoming OFCOM Reviews License Procedures for Some Satellites WRTC 2026 UK Updates

    2h 17m
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