{"id":54192,"date":"2022-10-03T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54192"},"modified":"2022-10-03T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T10:36:31","slug":"nick-explores-the-skanti-r8001-and-compares-with-yaesu-ft-dx101mp-wj-8711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/nick-explores-the-skanti-r8001-and-compares-with-yaesu-ft-dx101mp-wj-8711\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick explores the Skanti R8001 and compares with Yaesu FT-DX101MP &#038; WJ-8711"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54194\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1.png 625w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><strong>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Nick Booras, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I just picked up a new to me radio that [is] very rare in the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I loved it so much I did a comparison to an 8711 and a FTDX101MP. The Skanti presented very well.<\/p>\n<h1>Video<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64Uyz3BtGBk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/64Uyz3BtGBk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellent Nick! Thank you so much for sharing this and for demonstrating some weak signal work. You were certainly pitting the Skanti against some benchmark performers!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Nick Booras, who writes: Hi Thomas I just picked up a new to me radio that [is] very rare in the US. I loved it so much I did a comparison to an 8711 and a FTDX101MP. The Skanti presented very well. Video Click here to view on YouTube. Excellent [&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":[3,129,43,304],"tags":[8760,2748,9970,4093,816,9971],"class_list":["post-54192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-nick-booras","tag-radio-comparison","tag-skanti-r8001","tag-videos","tag-wj-8711","tag-yaesu-ft-dx101mp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-e64","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44954,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/nick-compares-the-icom-r9000-harris-590-wj-8711-and-racal-6790\/","url_meta":{"origin":54192,"position":0},"title":"Nick compares the Icom R9000, Harris 590, WJ 8711, and Racal 6790","author":"Thomas","date":"August 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who shares the following video and notes: As a SW listener and radio collector I have enjoyed many hours perusing your blog and reviews. 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