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TX Factor Episode 10
February 26th, 2016 | 
Author: The long-awaited tenth episode is finally here.
Mike Marsh returns to his old school in Ottery St Mary, Devon to learn how science lessons have changed since he was a lad.
Bob keeps his feet firmly on the ground in his native Cornwall to see why the letter ‘K’ has been making its presence felt. While he’s there, he visits Goonhilly Earth Station to meet Arthur, the satellite dish that made history in the early 1960s and its modern-day equivalent.
Steve Venner G0TAN shows us the ins and outs of the Yeasu FT-991 all-band transceiver.
And the folks at TX Factor make a plea for help.
Hope you enjoy it!
73
TX Factor Team
TX Factor Episode 9 is Ready to Watch
The popular UK TV show dedicated to amateur radio is back on the air with episode 9 featuring ham radio Essex-style!
We visit the south east of England to report on the work of Chelmsford ARS, Essex Repeater Group and Essex Ham.
And we’re giving away a CG-PK4 Pocket Memory Keyer in our free-to-enter draw.
Hope you enjoy the show!
TX Factor Episode 8 Has Been Elected!
Oh, there’s also a chance to win a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ courtesy of its inventor Howard Long in our next free-to-enter draw.
Suddenly, the prospect of a hung parliament is not such a bad result after all: there’s always amateur radio and TX Factor to take your mind off the gloom!
TX Factor Episode 7 Is Live
The long-awaited next edition of the UK-based HD TV show dedicated to amateur radio is now available at www.txfactor.co.uk
In this episode the team investigates the issues of recruiting young people to the hobby and visits a veteran amateur who’s an inspiration to us all! We discover what the IOTA programme has to celebrate and test an innovative 2 metre antenna which can be won in our next draw.
We hope you enjoy the show!
TX Factor Team
TX Factor at UK’s National Hamfest 2014
Episode 6 is now live at txfactor.co.uk. It features the best from the UK’s biggest rally, National Hamfest 2014. The team meets the exhibitors and visitors and brings a flavour of this amazing annual ham event to those who couldn’t make it this time.
There’s also a chance to win the compact, yet function-packed dual band VX-3 transceiver in our next free-to-enter competition.
We hope you enjoy the show and look forward to your comments and feedback at [email protected]
73 from the TX Factor team
TX Factor – Episode 5 is Live
Silcoates School ARC
In this episode Bob McCreadie reports from the recent AMSAT-UK Colloquium, and finds time to test out the SuperAntenna Superstick delux package. Nick Bennett travels north and discovers a rather remarkable radio club. And we reveal the winner of our first free-to-enter competition.
See the new episode at www.txfactor.co.uk
We hope you enjoy the show!
TX Factor Team
