{"id":32506,"date":"2018-05-31T09:19:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32506"},"modified":"2018-05-31T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T13:19:10","slug":"tx-factor-episode-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/tx-factor-episode-21\/","title":{"rendered":"TX Factor Episode 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TX-Factor.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30492\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TX-Factor.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TX-Factor.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TX-Factor-300x145.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TX-Factor-624x302.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a>(Source\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.txfactor.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TX Factor<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"para-11\"><span class=\"font-34\">Welcome to our latest episode!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"para-11\"><span class=\"font-35\">We hope you like the new theme tune!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"para-11\"><span class=\"font-35\">In this early summer episode we look at programming your DMR handie and running a SharkRF openSPOT digital radio IP gateway. We review the new Icom IC-7610 transceiver, and Mike visits Bob\u2019s shack in Cornwall to learn more about operating through linear satellites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"para-11\"><span class=\"font-35\">In our free-to-enter draw, there\u2019s a chance to win two great amateur radio-related items. How about a Prism protective dust cover for your rig and a copy of Andrew Barron ZL3DW\u2019s book<\/span><span class=\"font-36\">Amsats and Hamsats<\/span><span class=\"font-35\">?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"font-37\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.txfilms.co.uk\/txfactor\/draw-12.html\">Click here!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JzV7hqDT6us?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.txfilms.co.uk\/txfactor\/current-show.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0to view Episode 21 on TX Factor\u2019s website, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tcf9IQQ2bGo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to watch on YouTube.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks team for yet another excellent and informative episode, TX Factor!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source\u00a0TX Factor) Welcome to our latest episode! We hope you like the new theme tune! In this early summer episode we look at programming your DMR handie and running a SharkRF openSPOT digital radio IP gateway. We review the new Icom IC-7610 transceiver, and Mike visits Bob\u2019s shack in Cornwall to learn more about operating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,304],"tags":[3829,7077],"class_list":["post-32506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-videos","tag-tx-factor","tag-tx-factor-episode-21"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8si","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17521,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/tx-factor-episode-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":32506,"position":0},"title":"Video: TX Factor Episode 10","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As I catch up with reader correspondence and the many projects I've been working on, I'm happy to take a moment to watch the latest episode of the superb ham radio show, TX Factor. 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