ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast for Sunday 4 November 2012

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Series Five Episode Twenty-Three - Amateur Radio eBooks

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 05:00 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1937:series-five-episode-twenty-three-amateur-radio-ebooks&catid=29:download-icq-amateur-ham-radio-podcast-epsiode&Itemid=100007


Series Five Episode Twenty-Three of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has
been released. The latest news, listener mailbag and Martin (M1MRB)
reveiws Amateur Radio eBooks.

 

 


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Ham radio back in vogue at St. Charles High School

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:53 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1936:ham-radio-back-in-vogue-at-st-charles-high-school&catid=1:latest&Itemid=100008


A new amateur radio club has started at St. Charles High School, St Charles
County, Missouri.


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New Zealand hopes to get 50-51 MHz

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:50 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1935:new-zealand-hopes-to-get-50-51-mhz&catid=1:latest&Itemid=100008


Radio amateurs in New Zealand hope to get 50-51 MHz when Channel 1 TV shuts
down.


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Ofcom - ECC Decision on AM SSB CB apparatus

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:46 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1934:ofcom-ecc-decision-on-am-ssb-cb-apparatus&catid=1:latest&Itemid=100008


ECC published (June 2011) a Decision harmonizing CB radio across the
European Union but until now Ofcom have dragged their heels in
implementing it.


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Pico Amateur Radio Balloons

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:43 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1933:pico-amateur-radio-balloons&catid=1:latest&Itemid=100008


Thomas Krahn KT5TK has launched five Mylar balloons each 80cm diameter,
that carried a Pecan 144.390 MHz APRS transmitter KT5TH-11 weighing just
55 grams. It transmitted every 5 minutes to save battery power.


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PRISM available for Amateur Radio AX.25 Packet

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:40 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1932:prism-available-for-amateur-radio-ax25-packet&catid=37:amateur--ham-radio-technical&Itemid=19


The team that developed the PRISM satellite have announced it is being
opened up for use by radio amateurs during afternoon passes.


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Clipperton Island DXpedition

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:38 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1931:clipperton-island-dxpedition&catid=35:amateur--ham-radio-special-event&Itemid=100005


The March 2013 DXpedition to Clipperton Island has received the callsign
TX5K to be used during the operation.


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100 MHz to 6 GHz Transceiver Project for $300

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:35 PM PDT
http://www.icqpodcast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1930:100-mhz-to-6-ghz-transceiver-project-for-300&catid=37:amateur--ham-radio-technical&Itemid=19


Michael Ossmann's latest project is an Open Source transceiver covering 100
MHz to 6 GHz.