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ICQPodcast Episode 481: Home Brewing & Kit Building

April 19, 2026 By Dan KB6NU 1 Comment

ICQ Podcast logo.In this episode, I join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Colin Butler M6BOY to discuss the latest amateur/ham radio news, including:

  • ITU Corporation Purchases HyGain and Cushcraft lines from MFJ. My personal opinion is that this is a great thing for ham radio.
  • New Regulations for Hams in Norway. Norway introduces a new entry-level license, or as it is called in the legal text, “limited license”.
  • Students are ‘Over The Moon’. NASA has gotten several universities—and their amateur radio clubs—involved in tracking the Artemis mission.
  • Station’s Experiments Explore Use of 4m and 8m Bands. Despite these experiments, don’t get your hopes up for a 4-meter band any time soon. There are still six analog, Channel 4 stations that are on the air.
  • Arrest for Interference with Emergency Radio Channels
  • Britain Seeks Views Before it Drops the Hammer on Signal Jammers

Colin, M6BOY also reports on the following:

  • 2026 ARRL Field Day Merch Now Shipping
  • VOA Museum Announces Expanded Hours During Hamvention. If you’re going to Dayton, try to carve out some time for this fabulous museum.
  • Your TP-Link Router is Under Attack from Russian State Hackers

The episode’s feature is Home brewing / Kit building.

Filed Under: ICQ Podcast Tagged With: Artemis, MFJ, NASA, Norway

ICQ Podcast Episode 367 – Ham Radio Tips and Tricks 2022

January 4, 2022 By Dan KB6NU 1 Comment

In Episode #367, I joined Martin Butler (M1MRB), Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Ed Durrant DD5LP, and Leslie Butterfield G0CIB to discuss the following topics:

  • Georgia Club Donates License Manuals to Local Schools
    This is a good story, but they donated ARRL license manuals, not my study guides!

  • Norway is Trying to Track Down 2-Meter Intruders
    This story is kind of vague as to who the intruders are.

  • Amateur Radio Club Bands Together During Pandemic
    It’s amazing that we’re still “banding together” nearly two years after the pandemic was declared.

  • Boeing and Airbus Warn US over 5G Safety Concerns
    No mention is made of any tests being run to determine if there actually could be some interference between 5G devices and aircraft avionics.

  • Finland’s Radio Hams Send Gift to Icelandic Amateur Radio Operators
    The gift is a beautiful paddle that’s being installed in the Icelandic Radio Association’s club station, and we all hope they will put it to good use.

This episode’s feature is Ham Radio Tips and Tricks 2022.

Filed Under: Everything Else Tagged With: 5G, Georgia, Iceland, Norway

ICQ Podcast Episode 365 – The Right Tool for the Job

December 6, 2021 By Dan KB6NU Leave a Comment

In this episode, I joined Colin Butler, M6BOY; Martin Butler, M1MRB; and Ed Durrant, DD5LP to discuss the latest amateur radio news. We discussed:

  • Using an Arduino to Upgrade a 1970s Ham Radio

  • New Law Hits AIS Beacons

  • 10-year-old Radio Ham Launches his 3rd High-Altitude APRS Balloon

  • US Virgin Island Amateur Radio Group Bolsters Repeater Infrastructure

  • Indonesian Radio hams sign MoU with Defense University

  • Norway Introduce Programs to get Kids into Ham Radio

  • Spain Seeks to Attract Youngsters to Amateur Radio

This episode’s feature is “The Right Tool for the Job.”

Filed Under: Computers, Emergency Communications / Public Service, Kids Tagged With: Arduino, Indonesia, Norway, Spain, Virgin Islands

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