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Tom, I got your message, and when the time comes to replace the battery, I will crack the case and get the part numbers off the battery and source it that way. It is not a special battery, just the one they chose for the radio. A 3ah battery will power the 6100 for quite a while on 5w, and a 5ah battery gives acceptable time at 10w. Honestly, I would just as soon use an external battery than the internal one.

I have hearing issues as well, and use the CC on the videos. Most work well enough to get the gist of the conversation.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 07:37 PM, Albertas Mickenas wrote:

There is a russian guy doing repairs of x6100 on youtube (radio chef?), he just rewinds burnt transformers using thicker wire

Yes, he has already fixed several of these. At the same time, the power increases by about 12 watts as a bonus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heq2IJgjTGQ

Paul,

I've been able to maintain a connection to an AP with a strong signal indefinitely with Xiegu firmware.? If you're using DHCP, there is a periodic refresh of the 'lease' with time dependent on router (typically) settings.

If the connection is dropping on a predictable schedule, I'd suspect the router is unhappy with it for some reason.? Try a static IP address if you're using DHCP and see if that makes any difference.

73,

? Dan
? N7SHM

Hi dear Oleg,

I have had mine since 2022 august and it works fine, but with the known quirks.
I had a similar experience like the one you're describing a couple of days ago, when trying to connect the FT8CN (Android) app to my X6100 (App/Base 1.1.6) over WiFi.
X6100 reported that in it was connected to the access point on my Android phone, but the access point on the Android phone did not report any connected device.
Tried several times to configure the WiFi settings on the X6100, without any success.
If I don't misremember, I have tried connecting to the X6100 earlier, but gave up trying as the WiFi implementation appeared to me as less then solid...
But if you're in to digital, I can recommend the very nice and well featured Android app FT8CN connected to the X6100 over a USB cable.
Both FT8CN and WFView works fine with IC-705 by the way.
Stay safe!
73 de SA5QED David

If you are interested, please email me to kk4oda@....

Thank you

Facundo-KK4ODA

There is plenty of chatter about the wifi circuit sitting inside a metal case and not being reliable or having any connection distance. Probably not what you want to hear, but an ethernet connection is the way to go. This one works for me and it's all of $14:

Have a look into this guide, maybe it help.
https://radioddity.s3.amazonaws.com/Xiegu_X6100_Firmware_Upgrade_20230807.zip

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 10:48 AM, Robert PA1RL wrote:

For digimodes the X6100 can get quite hot already, so it's best not to add unnecessary waste heat!

The output transformer of the X6100 is very weak. It is not designed for a power of more than 5W - therefore, there are very frequent cases of its burnout after working in digital modes at 10W.

Hi. Yes, 3S would be suffcient and imho even optimal. In this group you will find people who measured input voltage vs output power for this rig. Between 9 and 10 V is fine.Most of the input is regulated down to 5 V anyway (except for the PA).
A higher then 10V voltage just adds extra heat internally (the voltage regulators are analog, not switching) with no extra power output. For digimodes the X6100 can get quite hot already, so it's best not to add unnecessary waste heat!
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Robert

Tnx Robert for pointing to this issue.
I'm already using LiFePO4 and only used the wrong terminus. Sorry.
So you recommend a S3 configuration as sufficient?
Is this the case even for 10W operation?

vy73
Markus
DL8MBY

Are there any manuals or descriptions showing how to make the X6100 apps work (in particular CW and RTTY)?

(My hearing is quite bad, so YouTubes with echoey audio doesn't help me much. :-( )

TIA!

73, Paul -- AI7JR?

I can?connect my X6100 to my WiFi network, and WFView "works" (minimally, more about that in another topic!)

But, after a period of time, the X6100 drops the WiFi connection. Of course, WFView can't work then!

Access point for the 6100 is maybe 6' away, has a good strong connection. Ping doesn't report errors, until the WiFi disconnects. Other devices connected through the same access point don't have errors.

If I turn the X6100 off, then back on, the connection is restored.

Is this a known X6100 behavior, and can it be changed? I want to just leave the radio on and connected, accessing it with WFView.

TIA for any Wisdom!

73, Paul -- AI7JR

I'm trying to use WFView with my new X6100, APP 1.1.7 BASE 1.1.6, via WiFi, for remote access.

I can connect but WFView claims it's talking to a (IC?)705! Some controls and functions work but most don't. No errors reported...

Are there improvements I can make? :-(

Paul -- AI7JR

I will be sourcing the parts that matter in that kit from china. The prices for the kits, (there is a G90 kit as well) are too expensive for what you get IMO.

Like death and taxes there is a 100% certainty the battery in your 6100 will fail. ?Not stocking batteries indicates the manufacturer identifies its product as disposable. ?There are a couple of choices we have when it does fail and that is to leave it in the radio and use an external power source, remove the batteries, or fix it. ?I don’t like leaving lipo batteries that have failed in anything. ?I have at least two experiences of iPhone batteries swelling so much that it cracks the screen. ?So that leaves option 2 and three. ?Since no user repairable notices ever scared me I first do 2 remove the battery and then try to rebuild it. I did a description of how to rebuild a x5105 battery on their groups.io group. ?

My 6100 battery has not failed yet so I tend to not fix things that are not broken but…

if your battery is not charging it is probably because it sat unused for a while and one of the cells went below the set low voltage and the management system shut the battery down. ?Voltage goes too high or too low and your battery is disabled and I might add the batteries might not be bad..just run down. ?With these high current envelope style batteries that is exactly what you want the radio to do.

You can find the batteries on eBay, when you change them out you have to wake up the battery manager.

As for the radioditty repair kit… these parts look like the remnants of repair kits. ?It baffles me that it is referred to as “enhancement” or considered a high failure item worthy of packaging as a “kit”.

Tom
AE5NF

On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 11:37 AM, <markus@...> wrote:

Could be useful to know if you plan to purchase an external Li-Ion bat. for outdoor activities.

Consider LiFePO4 instead of Li-ion. The voltage is of LiFePO4 is lower, and that is beneficial for this rig.? LiFePO4 in 3S has just the right voltage for this rig (9,6 V nominal, instead of 11,1 V nominal for Li-ion).? A voltage higher than 9V just ads extra heat (i.e. wasted capacity).

73's

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Robert