My first 6100 went back for s battery issue. The second worked a little better, but I would not call it stable for any mode of operation. I tried?R1CBU's firmware and love it. Easier to use, all the info in one place (SWR, ALC, ETC.). Id recommend giving it a try. It made a somewhat worthless radio, IMO, to a stable QRP radio.
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If you run on battery max output is 5w, if you use a powerbank you can get up to max 10w
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I use a vertical on a mag-mount for mobile from the car like this
, quick to set up and break down
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I use win10 laptop with latest version WSJT-x running the X6100 direct, no FLRig etc in between and it works well
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One thing to note is although the X6100 has a USB C connector a USB C to C don’t appear to work,
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If you run 10w some cooling is recommended , search this forum there are plenty of images of various solutions, it runs cooler at 10w if you only feed it 10.5 -11.0v (even at reduced voltage it still outputs 10w)
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Hope this helps
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Peter
M0PWX
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I just picked up an x6100 for Christmas during the Black Friday sales. ?I plan to use this for portable ops in a park and when camping with my RV for both Digital and SSB operations. ?It appears to have come with the latest firmware preloaded.
?My question is, after looking around I see a couple different options for OS and firmware, what would the more seasoned veterans of the x6100 recommend for an initial setup?
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Hi Oleg, Thanks for the info I will try a smaller card,? Has your Transverter arrived yet? ? Thanks Dave?
On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 10:36 PM, davebb123456 wrote:
can you please tell me if running your firmware on a smaller SD card
Yes, the size of the SD card is limited only by the size of the image. Now the image is 1GB, so you can orientation on it size as minimal.
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I just picked up an x6100 for Christmas during the Black Friday sales. ?I plan to use this for portable ops in a park and when camping with my RV for both Digital and SSB operations. ?It appears to have come with the latest firmware preloaded. ?My question is, after looking around I see a couple different options for OS and firmware, what would the more seasoned veterans of the x6100 recommend for an initial setup?
Thanks
Terry
Amateur Call: K4HNT
Email:?Terry@...
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Franklin County Amateur Radio Club
Lake Royale Area Amateur Radio Club
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Re: Setting up WSJT-X with the X6100 (CAT and USB Audio)
#Digital
#r1cbu
Thanks Michael! These settings got my 6100 working on FT8. Updated the firmware to the latest and installed the usb driver and started fighting with it hihi. Making contacts under rig control now.
73
-Mike
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On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 10:36 PM, davebb123456 wrote:
can you please tell me if running your firmware on a smaller SD card
Yes, the size of the SD card is limited only by the size of the image. Now the image is 1GB, so you can orientation on it size as minimal.
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Hi Oleg
can you please tell me if running your firmware on a smaller SD card will make it run any better as i am using a 128Gb card and it is running fine
Thanks Dave 2E0DMB
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Re: Second x6100, second set of problems
That's good. Mine used to do that. Then it stopped after I went through the 4 discharge cycles
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Re: Second x6100, second set of problems
Hi John
I am getting white, to yellow, to red as my battery's run downwith the latest firmware
Dave 2E0DMB
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Thanks. So once I tune an antenna on all bands, I don't have to retune?
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On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 07:00 PM, W9BUS wrote:
Does the x6100 remember the tuner parameters for each band or do you have to retune when changing bands?
Tuner parameters are saved in a settings file.
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I use the GPS dongle and it works well with the R1CBU version 0.19.0 to set time and location. The only problem, which is not a problem for me, is the presence of the USB device disables the screen keyboard. Version 0.19.0 sees the usb port is being used and acts as if an external keyboard is plugged in.
Enjoy Life, Greg
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On 12/8/2023 16:56, VA3NCA Wayde via groups.io wrote:
> Isn't anyone using the GPS function that Oleg
> incorporated to set the time?
I am. I'm using a cheap usb dongle from Amazon. It works great!
Wayde Nie VA3NCA
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Re: Waiting For the Possible New X6200 Product?
While I’m not saying that I won’t buy the new model, it’s sort of a suckers bet for those of us that do. We’ve all seen what Xiegu is all about and we have no reason to trust them at this point. I’ve used my X6100 like crazy and it works for the most part but it’s still not the radio that the specs call out.?
You also have to blame Radioddity and a few other resellers because they’ve made a lot of money off of us selling Xiegu products and I’m sure they’ve read the forums to know our opinion of Xiegu yet they still keep selling the stuff. We have to remember that they were bragging about funneling all of our comments about the X6100 over to Xiegu, but yet we’ve hardly seen any response, if any from our comments. ?I believe that was a smoke screen on Radioddity’s part to make us feel like they were trying to help, yet indirectly point a finger at at Xiegu for not make any progress on our comments. ?That was sort of a, “we told them” type situation but yet they we’ll be advertising the heck out of the new model when that time comes.?
It’s pretty sad when a third party creates firmware for a radio that your company makes. ?I like the theme of the Xiegu firmware better than the other firmware. We’ll see how this next release goes. It’s not like we don’t know Xiegu’s reputation so I’m sure the public will be Beta Testers as usual.?
Curt
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Does the x6100 remember the tuner parameters for each band or do you have to retune when changing bands?
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Re: Waiting For the Possible New X6200 Product?
From what I’ve seen of the X6200, I already want one…. And I’ll buy one… Right after Xiegu gets around to fixing the things on my X6100 (like Bluetooth audio) that they’ve been promising since they announced “it’s” introduction.? And NOT even one moment sooner.
On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 07:41 Randy K7RAN < k7ran@...> wrote: I’m just hoping that R1CBU can help us with network’d remote operation on the X6100. That’s the only reason I would want the new X6200.
73, Randy K7RAN?
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Re: Waiting For the Possible New X6200 Product?
Have you tried WFVIEW on the Xiegu firmware???
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Re: Waiting For the Possible New X6200 Product?
I’m just hoping that R1CBU can help us with network’d remote operation on the X6100. That’s the only reason I would want the new X6200.
73, Randy K7RAN?
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> Isn't anyone using the GPS function that Oleg > incorporated to set the time?
I am. I'm using a cheap usb dongle from Amazon. It works great!
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Isn't anyone using the GPS function that Oleg incorporated to set the time?
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I use the website? time.is, link
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I find now and again even though setting time by telling NTP to sync (it is windowz) if its within a minute it won’t update
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Solution set time more than 5 minutes out, leave it a minute then tell it to set automatically and it will bring it back into sync
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Peter
M0PWX
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Update to decode issue:? Checking the time against the atomic clock and it was correct.? However, I went ahead and "set the time" and it cleared whatever the timing issue was.? I hooked up WSJT-X and Operated the default 20m FT8 and then
when I changed the Freq on WSJT-x, the radio didn't follow.? I manually change the band using the buttons to 10m.? ?FT8 decode and R!CBU V.19 Tracked correctly with WSJT-x so there is no problem.??
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Peter M0PWX
Randy K7RAN
Wayde VA3NCA/AD2GX