{"id":554298,"date":"2018-12-07T13:01:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=32734"},"modified":"2018-12-07T13:01:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:01:36","slug":"eshail-2-ham-radio-transponders-in-tx-factor-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=554298","title":{"rendered":"Es\u2019hail-2 ham radio transponders in TX Factor show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" id=\"attachment_32682\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32682\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/satellites\/geosynchronous\/eshail-2\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Es&#8217;hail-2 Geostationary Satellite &#8211; credit Es&#8217;hailSat\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Es&#8217;hail-2 Geostationary Satellite &#8211; credit Es&#8217;hailSat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg?w=593\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32682\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300\" alt=\"Es'hail-2 Geostationary Satellite - credit Es'hailSat\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg?w=225&amp;h=300 225w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg?w=450&amp;h=600 450w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/eshail-2-geostationary-satellite-credit-eshailsat.jpg?w=113&amp;h=150 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Es&#8217;hail-2 Geo Satellite &#8211; credit Es&#8217;hailSat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Episode 22 of the popular amateur radio show <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/txfactorshows\"  rel=\"noopener\">TX Factor<\/a>, AMSAT-UK&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G3VZV\"  rel=\"noopener\">Graham Shirville G3VZV<\/a><\/strong> explains what to expect when the geostationary satellite Es\u2019hail-2 is in full operation.<\/p>\n<p>This episode features two new exciting radios. There\u2019s a sneak preview of the Yaesu FTdx 101 hybrid transceiver and a comprehensive overview of the high-performance Icom IC-R6800 general coverage receiver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M0PSX\"  rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pete Sipple M0PSX<\/strong><\/a> visits the 2018 RSGB Convention. We chat with Graham Shirville G3VZV with an update on the latest news from AMSAT-UK including what to expect when the geostationary satellite Es\u2019hail-2 is in full operation. And more down to earth, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobMcCreadie\"  rel=\"noopener\">Bob Mccreadie G0FGX<\/a><\/strong> ventures into the controversial world of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2018\/march\/network-radios-a-route-into-amateur-radio.htm\"  rel=\"noopener\">Network Radio<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Watch TX Factor &#8211; Episode 22 (TXF022)<br \/>\n<iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='593' height='334' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_8TDkJHkC4E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;autohide=2&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Es&#8217;hail-2 <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/satellites\/geosynchronous\/eshail-2\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/satellites\/geosynchronous\/eshail-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AMSAT-UK: <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmsatUK\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmsatUK<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/AmsatUK\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/AmsatUK<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/AmsatUK\"  rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/AmsatUK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 22 of the popular amateur radio show TX Factor, AMSAT-UK&rsquo;s Graham Shirville G3VZV explains what to expect when the geostationary satellite Es&rsquo;hail-2 is in full operation. This episode features two new exciting radios. There&rsquo;s a sneak preview of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2018\/12\/07\/eshail-2-ham-radio-transponders-in-tx-factor-show\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=554298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554299,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554298\/revisions\/554299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=554298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=554298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=554298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}