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AI5BC

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Re: XIEGU G106 New QRP Radio Coming Soon?
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2023, 05:35:36 PM »

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K0UA

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Re: XIEGU G106 New QRP Radio Coming Soon?
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2023, 06:13:23 AM »

Wow!.  I didn't realize how big of a piece of dog poo that radio is. He wasn't kidding. That thing should not even be on the market. I pity the poor newcomer that chooses that thing because it looks good and is what they can afford. Bad news in a can.
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Re: XIEGU G106 New QRP Radio Coming Soon?
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2023, 07:09:44 AM »

Every radio after the G90 has pretty much been in that same boat...prematurely released and promptly abandoned while they work on the next new thing.  While the G90 is better than the rest, it still has issues that were never fixed.  I would not ever consider another Xiegu radio until they have a proven track record of not abandoning their radios to move on to the next new thing.

If you really want to see a disaster, take a look at how they handled the GSOC. 
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W4KYR

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Re: XIEGU G106 New QRP Radio Coming Soon?
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2023, 07:31:39 AM »

 I've seen that radio for $289 on sale twice at R&L over the last couple of months. And even then I wasn't interested in it.  Even if it didn't have any flaws out of the box, there is no compelling reason to go out and buy it. 

They sent YouTuber Mike a flawed unit to review. (What was Xiegu thinking?) And frankly it sucked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0IJ_YFcVU

They later sent another one to him that was fixed. But why did Xiegu send out a bad unit to a YouTube reviewer in the first place? Don't they have quality control?



 
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Re: XIEGU G106 New QRP Radio Coming Soon?
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2023, 04:49:14 AM »

FYI:
for anyone considering this xiegu rig: note that there is *no* headphone jack! you must construct your own interface using the 8-pin mic jack (i do not know if the mic has a headphone jack, as the manual does not say)
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