{"id":50251,"date":"2021-09-17T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50251"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:48:47","slug":"anatomy-of-a-field-radio-kit-series-on-qrper-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/anatomy-of-a-field-radio-kit-series-on-qrper-com\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Anatomy of a Field Radio Kit&#8221; series on QRPer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TX-500-Red-Oxx-Micro-Manager.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50252\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TX-500-Red-Oxx-Micro-Manager.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"903\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TX-500-Red-Oxx-Micro-Manager.jpeg 903w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TX-500-Red-Oxx-Micro-Manager-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TX-500-Red-Oxx-Micro-Manager-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TX-500-Red-Oxx-Micro-Manager-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/a>If interested, I&#8217;ve now published both parts of my <strong>Anatomy of a Field Radio Kit<\/strong> series over on <a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/tag\/anatomy-of-a-field-radio-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QRPer.com<\/a>. This series was originally featured in the June and July 2021 issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespectrummonitor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spectrum Monitor<\/a> magazine. Here are links to both articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/2021\/08\/anatomy-of-a-field-radio-kit-part-1-basic-components-and-advantages-of-going-qrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anatomy of a Field Radio Kit Part 1: Basic components and advantages of going QRP<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/2021\/08\/anatomy-of-a-field-radio-kit-part-1-basic-components-and-advantages-of-going-qrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anatomy of a Field Radio Kit Part 2: Kit types, preparedness, and The Golden Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These articles primarily focuses on portable <em>amateur radio<\/em> field kits, but many of the concepts are ones I also use for my field portable receiving setups <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/the-airspy-hf-discovery-and-a-new-era-of-portable-sdr-dxing\/\">like this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If interested, I&#8217;ve now published both parts of my Anatomy of a Field Radio Kit series over on QRPer.com. This series was originally featured in the June and July 2021 issues of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. Here are links to both articles: Anatomy of a Field Radio Kit Part 1: Basic components and advantages of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,8752,545,627,3],"tags":[8750,1845],"class_list":["post-50251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-field-radio","category-ham-radio","category-how-to","category-news","tag-field-radio","tag-qrper-com"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d4v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49637,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/a-simple-guide-to-portable-radio-power\/","url_meta":{"origin":50251,"position":0},"title":"A simple guide to portable radio power","author":"Thomas","date":"July 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Over on QRPer.com, I just published a post on portable power that was The Spectrum Monitor magazine's April 2021 cover article. This article is essentially an overview of a few different types of rechargeable batteries including pros and cons of each chemistry. 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I could only keep the TX-500 for a one week evaluation period because it was one of only two or three pre-production units in the US--one was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lab599-Discovery-TX-500-3.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lab599-Discovery-TX-500-3.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lab599-Discovery-TX-500-3.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lab599-Discovery-TX-500-3.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45852,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/the-perils-of-radio-self-enabling\/","url_meta":{"origin":50251,"position":2},"title":"The perils of radio self-enabling&#8230;","author":"Thomas","date":"October 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"So the SWLing Post has been online now for twelve years and during that time I've been accused of being a \"radio enabler.\" Of course, I've never counted just how many, but I'm guessing somewhere in the region of 115,900 times. Truth is, radio love is infectious. In the past,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Elecraft-KX1-v-KX2-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55193,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-yaesu-ft-818nd-has-been-discontinued\/","url_meta":{"origin":50251,"position":3},"title":"The Yaesu FT-818ND has been discontinued","author":"Thomas Witherspoon","date":"December 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, on QRPer.com, I posted an announcement from Yaesu stating that they are discontinuing the Yaesu FT-818ND and FTM-400 series radios. Here's the actual message from Yaesu: \"Please be informed that the production of the FT-818ND and FTM-400XDR will be discontinued. We are forced to make this unfortunate decision due\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-and-Elecraft-T1-1-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-and-Elecraft-T1-1-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-and-Elecraft-T1-1-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-and-Elecraft-T1-1-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44828,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/any-advice-on-compact-lipo-batteries-in-ear-earphones-with-volume-control-and-portable-amplified-speakers\/","url_meta":{"origin":50251,"position":4},"title":"Any advice on compact Lipo batteries, in-ear earphones with volume control, and portable amplified speakers?","author":"Thomas","date":"August 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post readers: I originally published the following post on QRPer.com. I thought I might share it here on the SWLing Post as well since we've so many readers who regularly use compact battery packs, earphones, and portable speakers. I'm looking for some advice as I build a super-compact SOTA\/POTA\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mountain-Topper-MTR-3B-scaled-e1597499021694.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mountain-Topper-MTR-3B-scaled-e1597499021694.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mountain-Topper-MTR-3B-scaled-e1597499021694.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mountain-Topper-MTR-3B-scaled-e1597499021694.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mountain-Topper-MTR-3B-scaled-e1597499021694.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52646,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/the-icom-ic-705-giuseppes-pairs-his-new-radio-with-his-homebrew-crossloop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":50251,"position":5},"title":"The Icom IC-705: Giuseppe&#8217;s pairs his new radio with his homebrew crossloop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"May 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas, I wanted to share my new purchase with all SWLing Post friends: the Icom IC-705. It is truly a great portable QRP transceiver and a great receiver for broadcast listening. 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