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W4KYR

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Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« on: January 09, 2021, 09:37:18 AM »

Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?  Are they going to replace it with something else?

 I thought is was fairly popular and seemingly better than other Chinese radio models.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2021, 10:15:29 AM »

Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?  Are they going to replace it with something else?

 I thought is was fairly popular and seemingly better than other Chinese radio models.

Where did you see that it’s discontinued?
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W4KYR

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2021, 10:37:04 AM »

They got just 1 left at Amazon for $630 . Nothing at HRO.  Radioddity says sold out. Ebay has them, but I'd rather buy from a dealer

https://www.radioddity.com/products/xiegu-x5105?

So they're not sold out?
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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2021, 12:07:13 PM »

MFJ sells them and they are still in stock. I did not see anywhere where they are discontinued?

Not only does MFJ still sell them, they said they repair them.

Barry
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K4FMH

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2021, 12:38:28 PM »

They got just 1 left at Amazon for $630 . Nothing at HRO.  Radioddity says sold out. Ebay has them, but I'd rather buy from a dealer

https://www.radioddity.com/products/xiegu-x5105?

So they're not sold out?

Sod out is far different from discontinued. A reseller may be sold out of stock but the manufacturer may not have discontinued the product.

MFJ has them on sale. So dies Connect Systems.

Note that COVID-19 has slowed both supply chains and parts manufacturing not to mention a key component burning down. Kenwood killed their leading HT product because of key parts not being available for the foreseeable future due to the parts manufacturer burning down.
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W4KYR

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2021, 12:46:27 PM »

OK Thanks
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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2021, 12:56:44 AM »

has there any comparison with the new icom IC-705 ?

that anyone has seen ? YouTube, maybe.
 
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W4KYR

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2021, 07:27:38 AM »

FYI: The The Xiegu X5105 is SOLD OUT at both  MFJ and Radioddity
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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2021, 08:01:16 AM »

The demand for ham radio supplies is very high right now as it an activity that can be done with social distancing.

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2021, 09:34:05 AM »

FYI: The The Xiegu X5105 is SOLD OUT at both  MFJ and Radioddity

Sold out and discontinued are two different things. I go to motorcycle shops all of the time. Over the last year, two of the dealers did not have  ANY new motorcycles on the floor. They just could not get them. That does not mean all of the suppliers discontinued manufacturing them, they could  not keep up with the demand, get parts to manufacture or just did not have the people to work in their plants.

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K4FMH

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2021, 01:52:24 PM »

FYI: The The Xiegu X5105 is SOLD OUT at both  MFJ and Radioddity

It’s sold out at MFJ because they are getting out of the Xiegu reselling business, I’m told by staff.
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KA1CNK

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2021, 03:54:16 PM »

FYI: The The Xiegu X5105 is SOLD OUT at both  MFJ and Radioddity

It’s sold out at MFJ because they are getting out of the Xiegu reselling business, I’m told by staff.

Interesting.  How long have they been a dealer.  Seems like not very long.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2021, 02:04:26 PM »

I just got an email from Radioddity that the x5105 is back in stock.
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KU3X

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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2021, 05:07:50 AM »

As you may have now seen, it looks like it was replaced with the X6100.

Barry, KU3X
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Re: Does anyone know why the Xiegu X5105 was discontinued?
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2021, 07:32:58 AM »

As far as I can see the X6100 is "coming soon."    Looks like it's supposed to be a IC-705 competitor on features.
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