{"id":51022,"date":"2026-10-09T12:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=51022"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:34:07","slug":"also-in-gb2rs-this-week-540","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/10\/09\/also-in-gb2rs-this-week-540\/","title":{"rendered":"Also in GB2RS this week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/txfactor.co.uk\/\"><strong>TX Factor<\/strong><\/a> has released a <strong>National Hamfest 2026 edition<\/strong> of its popular amateur radio show.<\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"http:\/\/txfactor.co.uk\/episode-34.html\">special episode<\/a>, Bob McCreadie, G0FGX chats with Dominic, M0BLF from Camb-Hams while operating QO-100.<\/p>\n<p>Bob discovers more about the proposed new rig release from Icom and updates you on a future repeater upgrade from Yaesu.<\/p>\n<p>He also meets key personnel from the RSGB to learn more about the Society&#8217;s membership strategies and some changes in the way the Society meets and greets visitors at major shows and conventions such as Hamfest and Dayton.<\/p>\n<p>There will be much more coverage and news from Hamfest in future episodes.<\/p>\n<p>TX Factor is sponsored by the RSGB and the latest episode can be found by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/txfactor.co.uk\/episode-34.html\">txfactor.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for some spooky family fun for Halloween? You can plan a visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bletchleypark.org.uk\"><strong>Bletchley Park<\/strong><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/national-radio-centre-gb3rs\/\"><strong>RSGB National Radio Centre<\/strong><\/a> to discover top secret clues and solve a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be tasked with solving codes, ciphers and puzzles to reveal secrets along the way. You can find out more by going to the \u2018What\u2019s on\u2019 section of the Bletchley Park website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bletchleypark.org.uk\/event\/halloween\/\">bletchleypark.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RSGB members can get free access to the historic site by downloading a voucher at <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/myrsgb-2\/bletchley-park-free-visitors-voucher\/\">rsgb.org\/bpvoucher<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TX Factor has released a National Hamfest 2026 edition of its popular amateur radio show. In this special episode, Bob McCreadie, G0FGX chats with Dominic, M0BLF from Camb-Hams while operating QO-100. Bob discovers more about the proposed new rig release from Icom and updates you on a future repeater upgrade from Yaesu. He also meets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022","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\/20399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51022"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51025,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022\/revisions\/51025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}