{"id":55,"date":"2023-07-15T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T10:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/?p=55"},"modified":"2024-08-31T15:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T15:57:53","slug":"yaesu-ft-5dr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Yaesu FT-5DR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got a radio&#8230; I got a radio!!! (Yay!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230713_222817_405-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56\" width=\"287\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230713_222817_405-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230713_222817_405-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230713_222817_405-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230713_222817_405-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230713_222817_405.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Didn&#8217;t really expect it, but got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaesu.com\/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&amp;encProdID=8FA58F426C671235EA5791EE6814FF48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new 2M\/70CM HT<\/a> (&#8220;walkie talkie&#8221;) and it&#8217;s <em>impressive<\/em>! SO MANY FEATURES! I even get the bonus of being able to listen (that means <em>can&#8217;t transmit<\/em>) to the Air Bands and even some Shortwave (if I connect a different antenna).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a bonus, I got a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/signalstuff.com\/product\/super-elastic-signal-stick-sma-male\/\" target=\"_blank\">Signal Stuff &#8220;Signal Stick&#8221;<\/a> antenna to replace the stock &#8220;rubber duck&#8221; that came with the radio.  Saw several reviews including several videos from Josh over at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HamRadioCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\">Ham Radio Crash Course on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to pick up a programming cable and also test how my Signal Stick works with the magnetic mount on the car.  Since I&#8217;ll be testing this on I-95&#8230; well, we&#8217;ll see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a radio&#8230; I got a radio!!! (Yay!) Didn&#8217;t really expect it, but got a new 2M\/70CM HT (&#8220;walkie talkie&#8221;) and it&#8217;s impressive! SO MANY FEATURES! I even get the bonus of being able to listen (that means can&#8217;t transmit) to the Air Bands and even some Shortwave (if I connect a different antenna). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informational","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}