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New x6100 user - a few questions

 

x6100 latest Xiegu firmware installed.
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  1. If you have high SWR, and auto-tune - does the radio protect itself from transmitting/tuning with too much reflected power? ?How far out does the SWR need to be before there's a problem? ?I use a nanoVNA, and always get to 1.5:1 or less, but there's always the chance what the nanoVNA sees isn't what the radio sees, and would like to make sure I don't fry the transmit side of things.
  2. While the XPA125B amp seems nice and takes care of several things - just curious if anyone has used some other amp - and what results you've had? ?
r1cbu firmware questions - version x6100_gui-0.29.2:
  1. I haven't done anything yet - I'll wait for a while before attempting to do anything - is there a "complete" manual somewhere other than the wiki? ?I understand some of the buttons now have new features - is there a "cheat sheet" of what the buttons do when the r1cbu firmware is operating?
  2. I see there's an option for a GPS - but no mention of which GPS dongles are compatible. ?I've got one from a few years back that had some issues connecting - and it seems others have had issues - so which dongles work? ?I'm asking, as the ones that work with this setup (correct drivers within the OS image) may be more difficult to find in the future - might as well get one now and have on hand.
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X6100 uses ALC to protect output transistor from overloading/high SWR. Few times, when my antenna accidentally wasn't connected properly and I tried to transmit - I seen SWR ~ 40 on the display of my amplifier (>10 on the X6100). It was short transmission, about 1 second, but after reconnecting antenna transceiver worked fine.?
Auto tuning was designed to adjust various antenna/feeder impedance to 50 Omh. High antenna SWR is fine for tuner.
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Regarding amplifier - I'm using MicroPA 50+. It's cheaper and has less output power (-3 dBm or 0.5 step of s-meter). Also - there is not tuner built-in. Few time I fry output transistor with working on FT8, but they are relatively cheap.
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r1cbu: you can take a look here
GPS: I don't know. Seems, all available drivers already enabled in the linux kernel. I'm using U-blox7
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Georgy // R2RFE
 

GPS:
I use this one (Have 3 of them) : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086ZK6R89?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1
I don't recommend this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HF0K5WA?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5
But YMMV.

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