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Re: Total NOOB question
I got my X6100 two weeks ago.? I live in Maryland.? My first SSB contact with the new rig was from my QTH using a dipole in the attic was a ham in Texas.? He said my signal was 58 and told me my audio sounded good.?
I got FT8 working without any trouble once I saw the posting in this group about the USB cable issue.? Using a standard USB C male to USB C male cable between my laptop and X6100 didn't work - I tried a couple of different ones.? Then I researched this group and saw that I? needed to use the Xiegu supplied cable and put a USB A to USB C adapter on the end of it to connect to my laptop - that worked? Can anyone explain why?? I took the X6100 to a local park and run off an external battery at 10 watts on 20 meters. My first FT8 connection was with a ham in Perth, Australia.? I was -16dB there.? Looking at PSKreporter, I had hits all over the South Pacific, USA, and Europe.? I was using a quarter-wave vertical a foot about the ground with two quarter-wave radials above the ground.? I haven't tried CW on the air yet.?? I am mostly disappointed with the SWR function.? It makes me scratch my head why they would even turn on the feature giving it's configuration!? As elsewhere reported in this group, it puts out 5 watts while it's measuring the SWR.? Mine sweeps from 6.9 MHz to 7.9 MHz.? I can't change the start or stop frequencies, nor the wattage output.? This is really, really a bad thing. I did the battery four-cycle routine and the battery keeps the radio on in the receive mode for around 2-3 hours. However, I found a potential bug.? I turned off the charger function in the menu while I was running on an external battery in the park.? When I came home something weird happened.? I turned the radio on using the internal battery and it showed no charge and shutdown in 30 seconds. It was fully charged when I left for the park. ? I will have to see if I can duplicate that behavior.? It's like the internal battery was draining while the external battery was connected.?? Hopefully, that was a fluke or caused by something I inadvertently did wrong. I would like for the Bluetooth to work with my earbuds.? The radio connects with them, but no audio comes out.? That's not a big deal, but it would be nice if it worked.? All in all, the radio is usable and impressive in some ways.? After my experience with it and all the issue reported in this group, I concluded the X in X6100 must mean experimental.? Fingers crossed Xiegu will debug and flesh out the software/firmware and get everything working properly.?? I haven't installed the latest Xiegu download yet.? I think I read here that it will cause the CAT to quite working - is that true?? -- Mike NN3I |
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Re: Total NOOB question
Lon Lease
Frank aa5it. Im interested in your radio. Please email me at lml@.... thanks. Nl7le On Dec 11, 2023 1:33 PM, Frank Fertitta AA5IT <frankfertitta48@...> wrote:
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Re: Getting started with a paddle
开云体育?
Oleg ,
since I use version 0.19 my GPS is not more working .
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73 , Jens / HB9JOI
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Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [xiegu-x6100] Getting started with a
paddle ?
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Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 08:35 PM, Georgina Joyce M0EBP She / Her wrote: Is there a setting I need to turn on the the electronic keyer? If so, can I do that with speech or could I be given the steps to do it blindly?Of course! "Key" button (CW parameters), Key page 2, CW key mode selector and select using MFK "Auto-L" or "Auto-R" |
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Re: Getting started with a paddle
Georgina Joyce M0EBP She / Her
开云体育Hello Oleg,OK, Oleg, that is great I didn't cover any of the key options in my podcast. There is so much more to discover. Ok it sounds like it is putting the radio in transmit. How do I just use it for practice? It's really nice Thanks, Gena On 12 Dec 2023, at 19:07, Oleg - R1CBU <belousov.oleg@...> wrote: On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 08:35 PM, Georgina Joyce M0EBP She / Her wrote: Is there a setting I need to turn on the the electronic keyer? If so, can I do that with speech or could I be given the steps to do it blindly?Of course! "Key" button (CW parameters), Key page 2, CW key mode selector and select using MFK "Auto-L" or "Auto-R" Georgina Author of Efficient Brief Podcasts, designed to Empower Blind People to enjoy their hobby! For radio accessible stuff for people living with sight loss visit: http://www.spencerweb.net/Downloads/downloads.html Don't forget the most valuable resource in the radio world! www.blindhams.com Why not Join us via AllStar Active Elements Bridge 56870 Blind Hams 506313 or via phone app 50617 Personal Radio Contact info: Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Allstar: 521780 52340 Locater: IO83PS |
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Re: Getting started with a paddle
On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 08:35 PM, Georgina Joyce M0EBP She / Her wrote:
Is there a setting I need to turn on the the electronic keyer? If so, can I do that with speech or could I be given the steps to do it blindly?Of course! "Key" button (CW parameters), Key page 2, CW key mode selector and select using MFK "Auto-L" or "Auto-R" |
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Getting started with a paddle
Georgina Joyce M0EBP She / Her
开云体育Hello All,I am in the process of learning morse and received a paddle today. Thanks to Oleg I have found speech prompts to the key menu. However, my paddle key is behaving as a straight key. Is there a setting I need to turn on the the electronic keyer? If so, can I do that with speech or could I be given the steps to do it blindly? Thanks, Georgina Author of Efficient Brief Podcasts, designed to Empower Blind People to enjoy their hobby! For radio accessible stuff for people living with sight loss visit: http://www.spencerweb.net/Downloads/downloads.html Don't forget the most valuable resource in the radio world! www.blindhams.com Why not Join us via AllStar Active Elements Bridge 56870 Blind Hams 506313 or via phone app 50617 Personal Radio Contact info: Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Allstar: 521780 52340 Locater: IO83PS |
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Re: Question about battery charging / conditioning
Anaxi
On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 02:27 PM, John - KZ4AX wrote:
Here is the link if you wish to report the issue too. Thank you John, just filed a case. While doing so, I provided my email, but didn't received any email with a link where I can track the issue... maybe it will be sent later. Anaxi |
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Re: Question about battery charging / conditioning
开云体育X6100 no es ICOM ni YAESU ni mucho menos KENWOOD. Sólo el precio lo indica. No tiene detrás un importante equipo de investigación y desarrollo. Es como es y ya es suficiente que la mayoría funcionen suficientemente bien.Yo no me preocuparía de si el LED de batería es fijo, blanco o amarillo. Ya leo el nivel de tensión que hay. ?Necesito más?. Yo lo uso mucho con batería externa, CW y EFHW y en portable. Me gusta, pero no le exijo mas. ?No te gusta? Fácil: véndelo y compra
un ICOM o un portable de “alta gama” (Discovery)
MNY TNX FROM SPAIN. TU.? Saludos. Diego. EA1CN
El 12 dic 2023, a las 15:27, John - KZ4AX <beastwrk@...> escribió:
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TNX, Dido. EA1CN? |
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Re: Question about battery charging / conditioning
On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 06:52 AM, Anaxi wrote:
During this discharge cycle, the 5th, I noted that the battery status color code did no longer went from White->Yellow->Red, but instead, remaining always White while the voltage go down. I plugged radio to charger and this time, the green led did not blink while it was charging.My X6100 did the exact same thing. I reported this error via Radioddity’s webpage. ?The link is in one of the threads: NO response from Radioddity. I emailed Radioddity explaining this situation, with photos: NO from Radioddity. |
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Re: Radioddity support form - issues, bugs, suggestions, new feature requests, etc
#bugs
#firmware
#report
#radioddity
#newfeatures
开云体育Even something as simple as the dreaded "RED" over "GREEN" text.?? Which was reported a few updates ago! Rich On 12/12/2023 6:13 AM, Curt M. wrote:
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Re: Question about battery charging / conditioning
Hello Everyone,
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Before purchasing this radio, I did some readings on this group and other readings available out there. Two issues seem to be major concern among the owners of this rig: 1) internal battery charge/discharge management; heat generated by digital modes. There are other little issues, but I will focus on this two.
Received the radio last Thursday, Dec 7th, and being aware about those two big concerns, before any other kind of radio usage, I started immediately checking the battery according to information found in https://www.radioddity.com/blogs/all/xiegu-x6100-battery-charging-questions-and-answers. The radio came with what I believe to be the last firmware (APP v1.1.7 Aug 25 2023 and BASE v1.1.6 Mar 7 2023).
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[Charge/Discharge 1]
Started charging at 8:00pm (Solid Green)
Stopped charging at 8:00am (Solid Green)
Started discharging at 8:05am (8.2 volt)
? ? 7.7 volt (White Status) after 1 hour of listening
? ? 7.4 volt (Yellow Status) after 2 hour of listening
? ? 7.3 volt (Red Status) after 3 hour of listening
Shutdown 7.1 volt (Lasted 3h32m)
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[Charge/Discharge 2]
Started charging at 11:45am (Blinking Green)
Stopped charging at 5:00pm (Solid Green)
Started discharging at 5:15pm (8.2 volt)
? ? 7.7 volt (White Status) after 1 hour of listening
? ? 7.4 volt (Yellow Status) after 2 hour of listening
? ? 7.3 volt (Red Status) after 3 hour of listening
? ? 7.1 volt (Red Status) after 4 hour of listening
Shutdown 7.0 volt (Lasted 4h5m)
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[Charge/Discharge 3]
Started charging at 12:00am (Blinking Green)
Stopped charging at 10:50am (Solid Green)
Started discharging at 11:00am (8.2 volt)
? ? 7.7 volt (White Status) after 1 hour of listening
? ? 7.4 volt (White Status) after 2 hour of listening
? ? 7.3 volt (Yellow Status) after 3 hour of listening
? ? 7.1 volt (Red Status) after 4 hour of listening
Shutdown 5.8 volt (Lasted 4h43m)
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[Charge/Discharge 4]
Started charging at 3:50pm (Blinking Green)
Stopped charging at 12:00am (Solid Green)
Started discharging at 8:45am (8.2 volt)
? ? 7.7 volt (White Status) after 1 hour of listening
? ? 7.5 volt (White Status) after 2 hour of listening
? ? 7.3 volt (White Status) after 3 hour of listening
? ? 7.1 volt (Yellow Status) after 4 hour of listening
? ? 6.2 volt (Red Status) after 5 hour of listening
Shutdown 5.9 volt (Lasted 5h4m)
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The 4 charge/discharge cycles were achieved during the weekend (Saturday 9 and Sunday 10) and on in each cycle, allowed the radio to charge for 8-14 hours, always using the provided charger. During discharge, that was always is listening only, connected to YouLoop passive antenna, I would leave on until it shutdown himself.
Yesterday, Monday 11th, I used the radio for one hour or so and turned it off. Towards the end of day, I turned on the radio again, about 7.5 volt, and used until it turns off due to lack of battery. During this discharge cycle, the 5th, I noted that the battery status color code did no longer went from White->Yellow->Red, but instead, remaining always White while the voltage go down. I plugged radio to charger and this time, the green led did not blink while it was charging.
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There is serious problem on how power/battery is managed by this radio, no matter how carefully you follow recommendations... assuming that I did so.
Sorry for long post and probably some english grammar/spell erros :( |
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Re: Radioddity support form - issues, bugs, suggestions, new feature requests, etc
#bugs
#firmware
#report
#radioddity
#newfeatures
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 08:42 PM, davebb123456 wrote:
Can you Please ask Xiegu for The FM mode to be corrected and CTCSS Tones to be added , and mic TX EQ to be added in the Next Firmware as FM quality is not goodWe need to put pressure on them to hand over the sources from the STM32, then all the errors can be cleared out quickly enough. |
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Re: Radioddity support form - issues, bugs, suggestions, new feature requests, etc
#bugs
#firmware
#report
#radioddity
#newfeatures
Curt M.
This was started in 2022 and I don’t believe that we have seen any part of the X6100 advance as a result of Radioddity starting the online form.? Curt |
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Re: Total NOOB question
On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 05:39 PM, Terry Hunt wrote:
what would the more seasoned veterans of the x6100 recommend for an initial setup?I am a neophyte to amateur radio. ?I like learning theory. ?I bought my X6100 during the Thanksgiving Day sale last month. ?I run an antenna made of speaker wire:?. ?It worked good enough to make contact 1750 miles away in Aruba, SSB, on 5W internal battery power. ?As long as the factory software/firmware works, I am not going to mess with it, and I am going to use it as it came. ?I generally leave things alone, until after the warranty expires, on everything I purchase. ?I keep electronics running for 30 days straight. ?It has been my experience that electronics will either die within 30 days of constant running (I call it a ‘burn-in’ period), or they tend to last forever: batteries and platter hard drives excluded. |
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Re: Total NOOB question
Frank Fertitta AA5IT
Lisa, I too have a 5105. That's a good radio. It has a little bit of trouble with the internal CW keyer at high speeds but nothing I can't live with. If the 6100 was more like the 5105 I'd keep it.? You're right about Xeigu?being SNAIL slow at updating their software. I think they?only have one engineer working on all of the projects and he or she is only hitting the high spots in the waves of tasks that are in front of him. It appears as though they don't have the resources?to keep designing new radios and support the older designs. That's what it looks like from afar, anyway.? I know for years it was like that at my company. We lost one electrical engineer after another and I was the last of 5 that were here and I too was barely managing to keep up. Not doing much work down in the grass and only hitting the high spots, or putting out fires for 4 years, so I know how it can get in Engineering.Nevertheless, Xeigu?should keep up with the demand they are creating instead of doing a halfway job on everything they do. :) On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 2:06?PM Lisa WO?L <lr7521061@...> wrote:
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Re: Total NOOB question
I think that for the money the X6100 is a very good value.? The issues I’ve had with it are nit-picky at worst.? The basic functionality is “there”.? I’m not selling mine no matter how cool the X6200 is.? But I do want Xiegu to continue following through with firmware updates and to make all of the X6100’s promised features to work before I’ll consider buying another Xiegu.? If they come through then for my part, all will be forgiven.? At that point I’ll start thinking seriously about the X6200. On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 15:09 WF5W <wf5w.ms@...> wrote:
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Re: Total NOOB question
Sorry to hear that. I think it is good radio, not great, but good. If I had the money to pay 3x the amount (almost $1500, last I looked) for the IC-705, I would probably get that. But I am retired, and I can't afford the Cadillac. I got the best I could with the money I had. I do have a 7300, (bought when I had a little more money), for a backup, should the need arise. I have done about 13 or 14 POTAs with x6100. And I can't complain at all. I have a powerpole to 5525 barrel jack which supplies 13.8v and I always do 10w. I can't complain at all. Jerry ---- Extra Ham Radio Operator: WF5W Registered Linu=x User: 275424 3D CAD designer The most exciting phrase to hear in science - the one that heralds new discoveries - is not "Eureka" but "That's funny...". - Isaac. Asimov On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 3:00?PM Ron Wright via <lt_wright_flg=[email protected]> wrote:
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Jens/HB9JOI
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