'been using v0.19 over weekend... so far, so good.?
only issue at present is trying to figure out how to set up a few cw message memories when heading to a POTA
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Gracias Rob. Mi Komunica Pro-II cubre las bandas de 40 a 10 m y 6 m. Es una antena portable, no mobile, La utilizo fundamentalmente de 30 a 10 m. Para 40 m tengo mi EFHW. Rara vez uso esta banda en Espa?a. Sólo los miércoles con unos amigos y CW. La antena la utilizo con el accesorio?HF-MAG - Magnetic Ground Plane.
Y un choke junto al equipo portable.

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The Komunica Pro vertical antenna, mentioned in this thread by Dido, EA1CN, is called, on my side of the “big lake”,?GRA-7350TC 3/8-24 3/8" x24 CB HF 3.5MHz 7-30MHz/50MHz Broadband Telescopic Portable Ham Amateur Mobile Radio Antenna.?

Sold by Gabil Antennas, from Taiwan.

Now comes Laser Engraved.?
Rob,?YS1RS

Thanks—I found link.

I had trouble getting CAT control to work with the stock firmware, but with the R1CBU firmware it "just works".? I don't even bother using the stock firmware anymore, and just use R1CBU all the time now.

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In the it‘s quite simple, as it runs from as card, test it and after this your favorite firmware?

For me and my poor eyesight it's the readable power level and ALC (shown in the usual format, 0 being none). Of course there are other things, but that is a huge plus.

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Well, I think, it has to do something with like /dislike the usage. I for myself don‘t like the r1cbu look and feel and like very much the original firmware

tnx to u both for replies and encouragement?
Dido and i r on same page when it comes to operating styles and Wintle, most of the time i can get the right info onto a SD... sure wish i had a young nerd in household for other tasks tho !

from what i've read, ver 0.19 seems way to go; tnx again
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The important thing to realize about the R1CBU firmware is that you're NOT CHANGING anything on the radio itself. There's no commitment and nothing you can screw up on the radio. It's harmless and risk-free. You're not "hacking" into anything. You're just putting in a little SD card that the radio will use while it's inserted, Eject the card and you're back to normal.

• You copy the R1CBU firmware to an SD card. (You only have to do this once)
• You "click" the SD card into the little slot on the side of the X6100.
• When you turn the X6100 power on, the radio will detect there's an SD card inserted, and temporarily use the firmware on the card instead of the firmware built into the radio.
• Once the radio is fully started, the screen will look different, but mostly things are pretty similar. R1CBU just implements some of the features a little differently.
• When I am searching around on the bands for SSB contacts, I love that R1CBU?shows me the ham radio bands as brackets right on the screen. With the normal display, I often overshoot with my VFO wheel. Then I realize I'm wasting my time on a frequency I can't use.
• When I'm not twiddling around on SSB, however, I eject the little SD card and turn on the radio with that slot empty again.
• The radio comes up with the regular Xiegu screen that it always had. Nothing has changed. It's like it never happened.
• It's quick and easy to only insert the card when you want some feature(s) you like from the R1CBU firmware.

It's fun to try it out and see what features you like, and to have the SD card handy if you find one feature you like on it, but otherwise want to use the normal firmware.

The only downside of the whole thing is that creating that "bootable" SD is a hassle. That's not the fault of R1CBU, it's just the was SD cards work if you want to make them bootable. You only have to create the SD card once. Thereafter, you just plug it into the side only when you want to. (Of course, if a new version of R1CBU comes out, and only if you really want the new version, then you'll have to go through the hassle of writing the new version to your SD card again)

If making a bootable SD card is too technical for you, ask the 14-year old nerd in your family to do it for you. It's a one-time activity. They'll probably find what you're doing on ham radio pretty cool and you'll score some 'cred with them.

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so better for CW, message memories ? as the message memories seem to work fine with stock firmware ….

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tnx Dido.... so better for CW, message memories ? as the message memories seem to work fine with stock firmware
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Yes. R1CBU firmware and for CW is another world. Shure!

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'have been using the 6100 for bout 2 weeks now , and reading? many posts here.
are there any important advantages to using 3rd party firmware?
i'm not a softwaare guru and have no interest in attempting to hack into radio .
thanks
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II bought my radio from Radiodidty recently and it came with?APP: V1.1.7?Aug 25, 2023,15:09:46? BASE: V1.1.6 Mar 7 2023,09:57:03. My SWR meter works great.

You're on 1.1.6, which Xiegu says is ?the latest "stable version" of the X6100 "App"?Xiegu's web site says the following about the newer version 1.1.7 of the X6100's app:

NOTICE: Consider this version experimental! For normal use we recommend version 1.1.6.

SDR rigs are more computers than radios. In fact the X6100 is a Linux computer.?I've been?in the computer software development industry for 35 years. We always recommend installing the latest stable version of software for a "production" system a customer is running their business on, and then install the newer releases on a test server. These businesses hold back a bit, in case there's something terrible that might cause a patch to be withdrawn or a bug introduced in a module that they regularly use.

However, a home user isn't running a "production system" for a business. I think most of us are eager for new (and long promised) functionality. Frankly, a new version will quickly become the norm, and the expected/only supported version, soon enough. There's no stopping the incoming wave, or even treading water. It's a running to just stand still world now. Further, if your radio is connected to the Internet, and they specifically release a security patch, you want to install it right away. Hackers are wiley?creatures. I always want to have the very latest toys to play with, and I'm hardly running a "production system." So I run pre-release "beta" versions on all my devices. Ham radio is a hobby.

You really have to read the release notes, and see what the forums (like this one) say. The release notes are generally short. In this case 1.1.6 was a biggie, as you can see from the notes. It introduced?Additional CI-V commands,?Bluetooth Serial Port Profile, many display updates and new functionality. Everyone should install 1.1.6.

Reading the release notes for the newer 1.1.7, however, you can see that it only adds WF Server, which is only useful if you want to access your radio with the computer-based WFView over a network, or remotely control it your radio from the Internet (and then only when you have it well secured). Most people don't need WF Server, and since Xiegu specifically calls 1.1.7 "experimental" and recommends 1.1.6. I'm guessing they'll roll WFView into 1.1.8 when it comes out. If you were on the (withdrawn) Aug 7, 2023 version, and you use digital modes, then you really need to update, since it disabled CAT control!

It's a little weird that Radioddity is shipping/pre-installing version 1.1.7, that Xiegu says is "experimental." Perhaps the version on Xiegu's web site is still the older one that disabled CAT control. I don't know. If you want to upgrade your firmware, I would definetly choose the Radioddity download site instead of the Xiegu one. My guess is that the 1.1.7 on Radioddity's site is fine now. But you still don't need it if you don't plan to use WF View or do remote control.

Hi Mike,

I am not using FT8. In general I?d stick to the firmware that best does work for you and not hunt at each new firmware.

Klaus, thank you, that is good to know.?

Do you run FT8 with CAT control using WSJT-X on your computer using V1/!.!7?? It works fine for me using V1.1.16. I just want to be sure that moving up to the current firmware doesn't break it.? I'm seem some comments about that sort of thing happening.
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I just tested it using the latest firmware (APP - V1.1.7 Aug 25 2023, 15:09:46, BASE - V1.1.6 Mar 7 2023, 09:57:03) and did not have any issues using it. Your screen should look similar to the one below.