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I've had mine since July here and have about 50 contacts on it Jamie,

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?? One of the 1st things I did was make up a headphone adapter as I work CW pretty much all the time. You'll see the RJ11 adapter mentioned but it's the RJ 9 that you need it's smaller.

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? This came from another forum on the radio that seems defunct..Again you need the smaller RJ9 that connects the handset of a telephone to the base, not the R11 that connects the base to the wall.

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?Pete WK8S:

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? RJ9telephone handset corded cable and 3.5mm stereo receptacle from a stereo extension cable. I purchased the handset cable from a local hardware store and found the 3.5mm stereo extension cable in my junk box. I chopped off the ends of the cables leaving enough cable to work with. The yellow cable from the RJ11 will get soldered to the tip and ring wires from the stereo receptacle. The green cable from the RJ9 will get soldered to the sleeve (GND) of the stereo receptacle. This adapter can be used when not using the mic.

?? I'm a CW only sort of operator and haven't made any voice contacts on the radio so it works for me but if you're planning on using voice I think there's some other alternatives out there. On Thingverse there's a 3D plan for an interface box to let you have both a proper headphone and mic plug in.

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? Here I've been finishing up a work from home gig and often leave the radio on and just take QSO breaks. Being SKCC I'll have it parked at 7.055 or I'll have the SKED page on and I've moved around and found it works well on other bands. I came from a TenTec Rebel for the past 10 years and that sort of set some levels for me. I'd like the Xeigu to let me turn down the volume on the side tone rater than linking it to the master volume, and the break in will never be TenTec full break in but it works very nicely. It plays with my Vibroplex well but I'm not sold on the keyer. It could be I'm just not any good with iambic too, but I find I can use the bug mode keyers just fine on other units I have so probably me!

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? I missed my short at an FT817nd a decade ago when I went for the TenTec Rebel instead. The hackable radio had just a little more appeal for me and it's been just a super rig but when the Xeigu came on with features/price I had to try it and it's been really really nice. Hope to catch you on the air with it! I didn't copy too many Rebels over the last 10 years... it takes a level of bravery/confidence to run a full QRP rig I think. I even check into a traffic net here with mine (ESS Empire State Slow Speed Net 7.100@2200z nightly) and a QRP net (NAQCC East Coast QRS net is Thursday's at 2330z CQ ECN @7.030 or around there)

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? When you care to send the very least, make it QRP!

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? Best 73 and hope it turns out to be a great radio for you, ?

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??? Mal//N2QFD