Speaking with people who are new to this transceiver here is a short video on using the Yaesu FT817ND menu. My Yaesu FT817ND menu setting...01 - 144 ARS ON02...

What an amazing result using just QRP and a mobile whip antenna.. The ft817 didn't need any help on this trip ... Video is uncut and you see the full station...

Thanks to Roberto IZ2FOB, he pointed me in right direction with the link to the panadapter mod for the FT817. In this pdf Mike N1JEZ explain how to tap the 68.33 Mhz IF from the little Yaesu to feed an SDR USB dongle receiver. He use an inside-mounted buffer amplifier, a mmic, and an external…