A beautiful summer evening and listening to shortwave with tomcat Willy. Meow 😸

#hamradio #x6100 #xiegu

Dang it, the Xiegu #x6100 firmware update 1.1.7 seemed cool with wfview and lan audio streaming (couldn't get it to work though, may well be my fault or not) but while adding wfview, it broke USB CAT control which is unacceptable. I could control the rig via ethernet, wfview & rigctl but it never transmitted any audio even though tx mode triggered fine. Conclusion: reinstalled fw 1.1.6 and USB CAT worked like magic again. Won't be upgrading again untill it's confirmed wfview & USB CAT both work.

@KC8JC Ok, upgraded firmware and tested wfview - the Linux version requires a bleeding edge version of libstdc++6 that's not yet available on Linux Mint (which is what I like to use since 73Linux works quite nicely with it) so no go there. Windows version worked right away so at least I could verify the thing works. Setup: ~20€ USB-C to ethernet & 3xUSB-A dongle worked wonderfully with the #X6100 and wfview connected without problems. 1/

@KC8JC BTW IIRC the #x6100 works with a usb-c ethernet adapter or dock with ethernet on the host port, that should be easier than WiFi :)

Oh good! This is going to be real fun!

The networking setup (including NTP) for the X6100 is pretty opaque. I'm going to have to spend about an hour sorting this out.

NOT figuring out the network stuff will cause friction in the field. I don't want to play network admin at a picnic table.

Time for some reading and clicking.

Speaking of, I should hook up a KB and Mouse to this unit to make this stuff easier.

#x6100

Reading about the #Xiegu #X6100 . If I understand right, it's built around an Allwinner R16 quad-core Cortex-A7, running a binary-blob build of Linux as control plane firmware. Enough details have emerged to let people build a run #Armbian on it, though there doesn't seem to be open-source drivers for everything.

On the one hand, hackable radio! But how much of your radio time do you want to spend hacking on the radio, vs. making contacts?

via @kb6nu
cc @sad_electronics @edolnx

Shack in a box. Ready for portable activations. #X6100

Afternoon out /p QRP
Xiegu x6100 4.3w, diamond sd330 screwdriver antenna, begali Traveller .
#cw #morsecode #begali #xiegu #x6100 #QRP

@dl2jml I am tempted to give the #Xiegu #X6100 a try. It has a tuner and waterfall and is affordable. I know its filtering is not the best and can get overloaded when in a crowded space, but it's also quite cheap and if anything can be a good radio to throw in a “emergency kit”, hmm 🤔

For sale: #Xiegu #X6100 with metal bracket & BNC dust cover, not much hours on it since it's been my travel radio and I haven't gotten much travel done with it. Will also consider reasonable trades to radio equipment, antennas, portable solar etc. Location: Helsinki, Finland.

Thinking about selling my Yaesu #ft818 to buy a Xiegu #x6100 . Opinions?

Un peu de #reception #rrty en #meteo pro av c mon #xiegu #x6100

More notes for later: #X6100 sidetone and received tones were all over the place in terms of quality. I think the speaker is sometimes overdriven, but I don't think I was near max volume. I will try headphones again at some point, but probably not in the dark.

#X6100

i have been designing a cover plate for the front of my X6100 when i take it out in the field

currently a work in progress will add some slots for Velcro to hold it in place once i confirm everything lines up

i have put a recess for the screen and lock buttons

once complete i will publish it on thingiverse including the OPENSCAD source code for it

So hopefully they will manage to succeed where almost everyone fails: sorting out some #linux audio configuration that actually does what it's supposed to! 🙂 🐧
(or maybe someone else figures this out for them?)
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#hamradio #qrp #Xiegu #x6100

I'm playing around in the #Xiegu #X6100 stock #Linux installation and it seems pretty clear that they tried (and failed) to get #bluetooth audio working.
The audio is managed by ALSA.
Bluealsa is installed with some half-baked configuration, in an attempt to get the sound out to BT devices...
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#hamradio #qrp

@VY1JN I have found these 12V USB-C PD to either 5.5-2.5 or 5.5-2.1 connectors very cheap on amazon and they seem to work very well! I’m now also getting a couple 9V versions since my #QDX and #X6100 prefer 9V. These paired with a USB-C PD power bank are a real game changer for #QRP ops! :alex:

@HB3XDB woot #X6100 club!

2/ One toss of the throwbag over a branch ~20 feet, inverted V with the end-fed. Operated on 20m SSB. Took Roughly half an hour to get 23 contacts, even having to move down a bit because someone tuned up on me.

I need to make a real clipboard for field operation with #X6100. Balancing radio and notepad on the case, on my knees is bad ergonomics.

Learned it was best to write the call first, then say it back. Last time I had trouble saying calls back, but this time went better.

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@F1RUM my experience with the the #X6100 is similar.
@iak