Well I have now received all the parts needed to do the final assembly of my FT-857D portable box for QRP work as well as traveling. Photos will follow soon with the build process and final assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well I have now received all the parts needed to do the final assembly of my FT-857D portable box for QRP work as well as traveling. Photos will follow soon with the build process and final assembly.<\/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":[2,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71CVO-1B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=101","url_meta":{"origin":99,"position":0},"title":"FT-857D Portable Case Is Finished","date":"July 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems like it has taken me forever to get this done and it is now complete.","rel":"","context":"In "Equipment"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.k4kyd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FT-857DCase7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":46,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=46","url_meta":{"origin":99,"position":1},"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":96,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=96","url_meta":{"origin":99,"position":2},"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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