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No Con-Fusion Here!
TX Factor goes digital as Mike Marsh gives Bob McCreadie an introduction to operating on DMR, Yaesu Fusion and D Star as part of his digital fun. In part one of the series, they take a trip to a local farm to see how an amateur has set up his own Fusion Gateway.
Ever wonder why QSL cards take a long time to complete their journey? Bob finds out what we can do to help speed up he process.
Pete visits Norwich to spend a day with the Norfolk Amateur Radio Club at their annual field day event, Radio Active to discover why they won the coveted prize of RSGB Large Club of The Year.
Episode 17 of TX Factor is now live at www.txfactor.co.uk
Happy Summer viewing!
TX Factor Team
TX Factor’s Next Show is Now Live
The late-spring episode of TX Factor has arrived! In episode 16 our new team member, Pete Sipple M0PSX, looks forward to Youngsters On The Air 2017 and chats to some key players at this Summer’s YOTA UK event.
Pete also finds time to take an eager look at the new dual-band handie offering from Kenwood – the TH-D74E with D-STAR.
Bob chats to our friend Bob Inderbitzen from the ARRL about the League’s worldwide presence and Mike investigates two clever devices from SOTABeams that will help to improve the filtering of your FT-817 and check the efficiency of your HF antenna respectively.
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Anything Good On ATV?
In Episode 15 of TX Factor, Bob gives a relaxed overview of the RS-BA1 remote control software for the Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver. If you want to follow the RS-BA1 installation process more deeply click here to see the full version of Bob’s item which is sponsored by Icom UK
We meet two youngsters with a passion for amateur radio.
And Mike and Bob head off to Bristol to spend a day with some very enthusiastic members of the British Amateur Television Club to learn all about digital amateur television.
Watch now at www.txfactor.co.uk
TX Factor Team
TX Factor Episode 14 Is Now Propagating!
Beat the winter blues and enjoy part two of our informative series on HF and VHF propagation. Steve Nichols G0KYA concludes with his explanation on how space weather affects our ability to communicate on the HF bands. Bob parts with some cash at Hamfest and Mike chats to Phil Willis M0PHI and Cathy Clark G1GQJ, two movers and shakers in the world of amateur radio.
We hope you enjoy the show!
TX Factor Episode 13 is Live!
We have an autumn feast of amateur radio content in this ‘13 – lucky for some’ episode of TX Factor!
Bob gets to weigh up the latest offering of digital transceivers with Gary from ML&S.
We chat about the weather with two experts who always look on the bright side. Jim Bacon and Steve Nichols explain how we can work with the prevailing conditions to maximise our chances of good DX.
And Bob realises a boyhood dream by reliving the heady days of offshore radio on the UK’s high seas.
The Show is available to watch now at www.txfactor.co.uk
We hope you enjoy this nostalgic show.
TX Factor – Episode 12
The next show in the series has just hit the airwaves. In this extended summer episode, there is not one, but two rig reviews. The Sun Expert Electronics Transceiver MB1 and the elusive Icom IC-7300 are comprehensively analyzed by ML&S’ Gary Spiers M0TIG and Chris Ridley G8GKC from Icom UK.
Also in this show, Bob teaches Mike a thing or two about amateur satellite operating, and our free-to-enter-draw is back with a chance to win a copy of the recently revised and updated Getting Started with Amateur Satellites book featured in the item.
We hope you enjoy watching the show.
TX Factor Episode 11 is Here!
In this episode we complete the story of one Devon school in their attempt to be one of the ten UK schools to take part in the recent amateur radio link-ups with Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station.
We go behind the scenes with the ARISS team to meet the members and see the technology that made the link-ups such a great success.
We hope you enjoy the show!
TX Factor Team