{"id":46816,"date":"2020-12-06T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T12:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46816"},"modified":"2020-12-06T08:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T12:42:24","slug":"tx-factor-episode-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/tx-factor-episode-27\/","title":{"rendered":"TX Factor Episode 27"},"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>Many thanks to\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor, Eric (WD8RIF), who notes that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.txfilms.co.uk\/txfactor\/episode-27.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">27th episode of TX Factor<\/a>\u00a0was recently released. Here\u2019s the show summary:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Another post-lockdown special? &#8211; Indeed! And we hope you are safe and well and looking forward to some TX Factor action. In this final show of 2020, we visit the home of a well-known and long-established amateur radio aficionado Don Field G3XTT. A year ago Don moved to a new QTH near Wells in Somerset, and back in March we visited him to find out how he\u2019s settled in.<\/p>\n<p>Bob and Mike get to grips with setting up an OpenSpot Gateway for mobile use.<\/p>\n<p>And, we hear from RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas M1ACB on the amazing media response to this summer\u2019s amateur radio revival during the lockdown period. All this and a free-to-enter draw!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>TX Factor &#8211; Episode 27:<\/h1>\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\/fkrAfQLMH-s?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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Click here to view\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fkrAfQLMH-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.txfilms.co.uk\/txfactor\/episode-26.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the TX Factor website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Eric (WD8RIF), who notes that the\u00a027th episode of TX Factor\u00a0was recently released. Here\u2019s the show summary: Another post-lockdown special? &#8211; Indeed! And we hope you are safe and well and looking forward to some TX Factor action. In this final show of 2020, we visit the home of a well-known and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[545,3,43,304],"tags":[2887,3829,9023],"class_list":["post-46816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-tx-factor","tag-tx-factor-episode-27"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cb6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20181,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/tx-factor-episode-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":46816,"position":0},"title":"TX Factor Episode 12","author":"Thomas","date":"July 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Eric (WD8RIF) who notes that TX Factor Episode 12 is now online: https:\/\/youtu.be\/8qXtPgntnsc?list=PLG34oDNUPkhTV275iiunkSbO9Y6WYvNrT Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TXfactor","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TXfactor-1024x498.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TXfactor-1024x498.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/TXfactor-1024x498.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19807,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/tx-factor-episode-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":46816,"position":1},"title":"TX Factor Episode 11","author":"Thomas","date":"July 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Eric (WD8RIF)\u00a0and Mike (K8RAT)\u00a0who remind me that TX Factor episode 11 is online: https:\/\/youtu.be\/hpUDArlvVuM \"In this special edition, we follow the progress of a Devon School in their attempt to be one of the ten lucky UK schools to link up with Tim Peake\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ISS","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ISS.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ISS.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ISS.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44805,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/tx-factor-episode-26\/","url_meta":{"origin":46816,"position":2},"title":"TX Factor Episode 26","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric (WD8RIF), who notes that the 26th episode of TX Factor was recently released. 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