Hi,
I'm awaiting the delivery of my X6100, and I am gathering as much info as possible from the internet.
Being an SDR user since 2004 (many receivers) and until recently an Elad FMS-DUO and still owning the SDR TRX-DUO, I wanted a portable SDR (hybrid) tranceiver.
Some x6100 things are not really to my liking.
- The sometimes big spurs coming showing en the centre of the waterfall. These are caused by the imbalance of the I/Q signal. This is normally calculated in the software to and have a lesser impact on the reception and waterfall. Any chance of improving on this within the firmware or by hack?
- The waterfall is way under performing by what I use on a daily basis with SDRconsole. I know that the 800x400 screen can not perform miracles. Still, the contrast between the strongest and weakest signals is very low. I experience that a 50 dBm dynamic range will offer the best performance, and this in combination with a better colour choice of the different grades can offer a huge improvement in spotting small intelligent signals. A faster speed will be out of the question as it will put a (too) big load on the CPU processor. This can also be changed in the Firmware without much effort.
- Are there any of the boards inside the x6100 that had an upgrade since its introduction 2 years ago? Maybe things are better screened, or so? And is the battery autonomy improved anyhow.
Any thoughts or info are welcome?
73' Ron Liekens
ON2RON
