{"id":25609,"date":"2020-08-14T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=25609"},"modified":"2020-08-14T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:08:29","slug":"tx-factor-26-a-bumper-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2020\/08\/14\/tx-factor-26-a-bumper-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"TX Factor 26 &#8211; a bumper episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running slightly behind schedule\u2014because of the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014a bumper summer edition of <em>TX Factor<\/em> is now available.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 26 is packed full of pre-lockdown features including a very relaxed tea and biscuits interview with Tim Kirby, GW4VXE, as he speaks about his big passion for VHF and UHF operating.<\/p>\n<p>Bob, G0FGX, and Mike, G1IAR, take the lid off Bob\u2019s Icom IC-7300 and fit a Radio Analog PTRX-7300 RF interface module.<\/p>\n<p>Coupled with an inexpensive SDR receiver like the SDR Play RSP1A and your computer, this board gives you a proper panadapter display so you can use your mouse to click and pounce on the signals you want to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Bob also gets his hands on one of the very first Icom IC-705 all-mode QRP SDR transceivers to arrive in the UK and gives a comprehensive review of all its wondrous capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><em>TX Factor<\/em> is viewable on all devices, from smartphones to smart TVs, and is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/txfactor.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>txfactor.co.uk<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/txfactorshows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>on YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TX Factor is sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RSGB<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamradio.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Martin Lynch &amp; Sons<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running slightly behind schedule\u2014because of the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014a bumper summer edition of TX Factor is now available. Episode 26 is packed full of pre-lockdown features including a very relaxed tea and biscuits interview with Tim Kirby, GW4VXE, as he speaks about his big passion for VHF and UHF operating. Bob, G0FGX, and Mike, G1IAR, take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}