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

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

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

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 The Science of Making Distant Contacts. 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 Colombian Hams Answer the Call After Deadly Earthquake