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It's a preproduction X6200 so does have issues and is to be expected. The full production versions will have all the issues resolved..

@@qrphfradio7753 How do you know?

Xiegu audio is generally awful, save up the extra few Bob and get the IC-705 !

I just viewed your X6200 video and it does have a S meter

Try turning the preamp on and adjust the RF gain and your S meter should function. Properly.

Weak signal

It looks even better in the flesh. With the X6200 ypu will have the option to add a module to give you VHF UHF too. Making this a shack in the box, just add antenna and away you go.

Yes it is, a great little qrp rig, I have 3 of them still in my possession and do bring them out from time to time. Max power is 20 watts, I never ran more than 10 watts, it wasn't needed as you will see in all my X108G videos.

Contact them and ask them for one, tell them you spoke to me ( Wayne) and they should look after you...

No its 1st batch.

Not as far as I'm aware, sorry!

hello Walter my friend, how are you keeping, its been so long since we last spoke..I hope your keeping well..

Hi Davey, Thanks for posting your message, they are excellent on TX/RX. I have worked many stations with this pre-production X6100 and never received a negative report yet. Let me know what you have niggles with and I will pass it onto the engineers at XieGu and I will try to get them resolved for you. Also any features you'd like to see as well.. 73 Wayne 2e0bvj

@@qrphfradio7753 Hi Wayne Tnx for the response I never expected that, I have an issue that developed about a week after I had bought the radio from Sinotel uk it came with version 1.1.4 last week for some reason it developed this strange fault that when I press the CW mode button it goes into transmit and the only way out of transmit is to change out CW mode back to ssb or any other mode. I have installed the latest firmware version since but this has not has fixed the problem. Thanks for your offer of help most kind of you and much appreciated. Dave M3ago

@@daveyjones6465 Dave return it to Alan at Sinotel, for exchange, you have no problems there with warranty claims.. He's a great guy and looks after his customers well, mention you've spoken with me if you wish, he does know me well..Keep me posted with the progress, any other problems just let me know.. Wayne 2e0bvj

@@qrphfradio7753 Hi thank you Wayne I was a bit reluctant to return it as I have never had any dealings with them before this purchase, and wasn’t sure how they would respond. I will contact them tomorrow and mention your name to them I’m much obliged for your positive response 73s dave

@@daveyjones6465 Your welcome Davey, you have nothing to worry about, that I can assure you..He really does look after his customers regardless..You will get a fast turnaround time, so you won't be left in limbo, let me know how you get on, good luck with it..

Take a look at the date this video was released, that will explain why its not the latest firmware..Video Released, 27th March 2019, it was the latest firmware at that point.

@@qrphfradio7753 Thanks!.

Thank you, I was about to give up on this contact but i hanged on in there and got the fish.. Antenna is a simple 10 metre home brew fishing pole vertical that's mounted around 12 foot above ground level at the rear of my QTH. So I was very happy to work this station with 10 watts only. 73 de Wayne 2e0bvj

Nice one my friend, will you be using it for portable ops, or for in the shack??

@@qrphfradio7753 I will use it at home and garden portable I also have the 705v.

in my living room QTH Bolton lancashire

It should be released any day now, i know that somebody from youtube in the US told me a couple of days ago that his has shipped already. Yes its manufactured in Shenzhen.. de Wayne 2e0bvj

No problem Mike, you will certainly be seeing a few more videos of the X6100 from this side. It will be heading back to the factory soon, but that won't be the end of this. I will have a fully functioning radio to do more of the same with.. 73de Wayne 2e0bvj

@@qrphfradio7753 I just got a notice that my Xiegu 6100 has been shipped and is on its way.

@@mikemiles3068 great news Mike, hopefully it will arrive quickly for you.

Now you've got me Martin, hands fully up, the IC- 705 is hard to beat. I have had mine since just after release a will never part with it.. But they both have their places, and depends on your budget as well.

The X6100 has a built in ATU and high capacity battery, a smaller lighter form factor and very robustly built as well..

Hi Carl, long time no speak to, how's things your way?? Yeah it's been a while for sure, just getting into the swing of things again this side..

@@qrphfradio7753 everything is good here although had to move location and my dipole is located in the loft now , I'm using the icom IC-705 portable and at home , Hope everyone is well 73 Carl

@@2e0hpi Good to hear Carl, I also have the IC-705, had it since just after its first release. Cracking bit of kit as well, it's a definite keeper for sure.

Hi Joel, Thank you, and yes It certainly is a nice radio. I've only had it here for a few days and so far so good. No adverse reports when making these contacts, Russia is the furthest so far at around 1,500 miles, not bad for 10 watts and a mediocre home brew antenna.

Yes I think so, I have no doubt that the full production version will have compression..All previous XieGu rigs have had that, I will confirm this tomorrow and get back to you..

Yes their is as well filters too, a lot of the noise is due to some body close by with a dodgy wall wart or something like that . When running on the internal battery its a lot quieter..

Hi Michael, This is a pre-production/evaluation X6100, so it's not got all the functions and features working like Bluetooth and so on..So far with its limitations it's working very well, I worked a station near Moscow Russia Yesterday and got good reports back. That was running full power at 10 watts into my home brew fishing pole vertical, that's mounted around 10-12 feet above ground level. To me that is the most important part of any radio, so a 1,500 mile contact with limitations is worth its weight in gold. 73 de Wayne 2e0bvj, QTH Bolton, Manchester UK

@@qrphfradio7753 I just wanted to say thanks for the video and update, even after being a Ham over 40 years this will be my first QRP Radio so i am somewhat excited and wondering if I made a good decision or not. 73. KV5P

No problem Mike, i will be adding further videos over the coming days. I promised some one that i would upload some with CW RX using the built in filters and so on. Unfortunately I got talking to their software/firmware engineer, i reported some bugs as well as some menu item changes. If you have any problems that are firmware related, or just generally stuck on how to do things, you can let me know here on CZcams and i will get it resolved in quick time for you, that includes others as well. Suggestions are welcome of course. I'm on QRZ and you all are welcome to contact me direct via my email address on there, call sign 2e0bvj. I usually reply pretty much straight away, or the next morning with the time differences here in the UK.. 73de Wayne 2e0bvj