Series Six Episode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has been released. The latest news, listener mailbag feedback and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) are joined by the Cambs-Hams to discuss their upcoming DXpedition to Mull.

Rob M0VFC, Lawrence M0LCM, Dom M0BLF and Gavin M1BXF chat to Martin M1MRB about the Mull2013 DX’Pedition, download the Podcast here: http://icqpodcast.com/download-the-show/2013/4/21/series-six-episode-eight-cambs-hams-dx-preview

Also covered in this episode;

• Boston Marathon All Hams Reported Safe
• First Cuba to EI contact on FO-29
• Radio hams active in Argentina floods
• Radio Ham named to Senior State Department Telecom post
• Irish entries wanted for Youngsters On The Air
• Ham radio club’s 90th birthday
• Warwick University students fly CubeSat
• The Michael Owen Plaque
• UK 434 MHz balloons head for Poland
• UKQRM launches public facing website
• Inner Hebrides on Ham Radio Satellites
• VK5 National and Conservation Parks Award

Successful tests today of the 472kHz TX converter with WSPR, Reports from over 600km this evening. I’m still a little unsure of how good the receiver on the 817 is so more tests on that tomorrow.

Hope to play with antennas up at Wort’s causeway over the weekend, WX permitting? I will bring Rob’s VNA, the transverter, the ground stakes and the matching coil if someone can bring the spiderbeam pole and the wire… and of course Flossie for power and coffee making facilities!