{"id":61,"date":"2015-12-16T02:53:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T06:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2015-12-16T02:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T06:53:29","slug":"ft-857d-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"FT-857D Has Arrived!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FT-857D has arrived and I am still sifting through the manual as I am still waiting on my HF antenna to arrive.\u00a0 I decided on the Alpha EzMilitary 6-80m<\/a> antenna and once I have it I will post up more info regarding this antenna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FT-857D has arrived and I am still sifting through the manual as I am still waiting on my HF antenna to arrive.\u00a0 I decided on the Alpha EzMilitary 6-80m antenna and once I have it I will post up … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71CVO-Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=46","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":0},"title":"New HF Radio Ordered","date":"December 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Well I have decided that for my first HF radio I will be getting the Yaesu FT-857D and the LDG YT-100 tuner.\u00a0 I am still working on what antenna I am going to use as this is going to be mainly a portable HF radio that I am going to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Equipment"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.k4kyd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FT-857D.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":92,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=92","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":1},"title":"Earchi End Fed Antenna","date":"February 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Well I received my Earchi End Fed antenna today. \u00a0Waiting on my Jackite 31' fiberglass pole to arrive tomorrow. \u00a0I hope to have the antenna up this weekend to see how well it performs as a quick portable QRP antenna.","rel":"","context":"In "Equipment"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":88,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=88","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":2},"title":"Alpha EzMilitary Antenna","date":"February 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Well the Alpha EzMilitary antenna didn't work as I expected it to so I sold it and now I am looking for a new portable antenna. \u00a0So back to the drawing board...","rel":"","context":"In "Equipment"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":96,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=96","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":3},"title":"Earchi End Fed Antenna Update","date":"June 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Well I have had this antenna for quite some time now and have made several contacts with it and I really like it. 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