{"id":34774,"date":"2024-06-07T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=34774"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:11:19","slug":"tx-factor-is-marking-its-ten-year-anniversary-by-launching-its-30th-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2024\/06\/07\/tx-factor-is-marking-its-ten-year-anniversary-by-launching-its-30th-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"TX Factor marks 10 year anniversary with 30th episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TX Factor is marking its ten-year anniversary by launching its 30<sup>th<\/sup> episode.<\/p>\n<p>It looks at how radio technology has advanced since Marconi conducted some of his early transmissions. The episode includes the first of a two-part feature on operating via the QO-100 geostationary satellite with a look at the hardware and software needed to achieve your first QSO at home or out mobile. Bob, G0FGX reviews the FTM-500D\u00a0which is the latest mobile transceiver from Yaesu and demonstrates the many advanced features of this versatile FM and digital rig.<\/p>\n<p>There is a visit to Sidmouth Amateur Radio Society which secured a derelict former sports social club from the local council and turned it into a community hub and the club\u2019s new QTH.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this interesting episode and don\u2019t miss out on the TX Factor free-to-enter draw with a chance to win three RSGB publications. You can see this and previous episodes on the <a href=\"http:\/\/txfactor.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TX Factor is marking its ten-year anniversary by launching its 30th episode. It looks at how radio technology has advanced since Marconi conducted some of his early transmissions. The episode includes the first of a two-part feature on operating via the QO-100 geostationary satellite with a look at the hardware and software needed to achieve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20377,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34774","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\/34774","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\/20377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}