There better be cash inside! Xiegu G106 Teardown
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- What secrets lie within?
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In the USA, a "warranty void if removed" sticker isn't legal as according to the Magnus and Moss warranty act of 1970 you cannot void a warranty just by opening the device. To void the warranty you have to actually cause damage to the radio.
The issues are twofold: one is that most manufacturers ignore this as nobody is gonna take them to court over it and in this case it's a Chinese product so I'm not sure if the law even applies in the first place. I'm an RF engineer, not a lawyer after all.
I mentally assume that my warranty is from/serviced by Radioddity and they have been very good. I will contact RO first. But that being said, I've had no problems with my rig.
Man, I dig these cavalier tear downs on all the radios your getting in for review. Keep at it!
Must.Know.Whats.Inside.
FYI: Steve, Radioddity is selling these out for $235 or $239 including the DE-19 data interface.
That's a good deal
@@temporarilyoffline Yeah. I broke down and ordered one. lol
I love my 106, it is my GOTO radio for my home brew mag loop. I have made many contacts in that arrangement. A lot of mag loops out there have a built in SWR indicator, so that is not a problem about the lack of it being built in. It works great......
I was pretty happy with mine!
There is cash inside for Xiegu!!!!
Right!
$199 Amazon Prime Day sale. I got one arriving soon.
Sweet! It's a fun radio!
Thanks for looking inside Steve, the check is in the mail.
Can't wait!
You are a legend mate keep it up
Almost have another one ready... busy news day!
Having just received mine - after months of waffling & watching your & other reviews - I came back to stare at the LPF bits. Looks like Xiegu’s barrel rolling the LPS across multiple bands. Which explains, as you have also noticed, that some bands are lower output than others. Mine, 30m is 3W & all else is at least 5W. Bet 30m shares the filter with 40m & that’n’s not optimized for 30m. Still, it’s a definite “non-threat carry-on” radio. Nothin’ fancy but at least good for a POTA in Portugal ;-). Thanks for the tear-down/look-see. 73 de W8IJN
Your welcome! Wishing you many happy activations!
The price is now down to 279.00 before discount. Trying to decide between this, the usdx +v2, and the xiegu G1M. I like indecision, it saves me money.
That's a novel approach to the problem! I support this!
I just returned mine. It's cute and intended for low power digital mode; but the problem with getting into digital is that you need to buy more hardware making it less affordable from the "base" cost. I was not able to get a reply when I was testing. Zero issues on my lowest power on my base DX10...but that's a totally different ball game, I get it. Hearing myself on an SDR, I know it's me but I am a hair over the noise level. For just a little more, I got another Yeasu; the 891. I already had a tuner and a digi rig + correct cables. The cost for quality makes more since given that my voice is heard without having to mess around with 5w. There's a niche for this radio, but I rather have amazing hardware instead of playing with a toy. Someone may like it as a starter radio, but if you do voice and the bands are acting up...no one will hear you. I may still want one in the future if I want a low powered CW rig I can fit in my pocket..but only if it's used and at half the cost.
Makes total sense. It's a fun radio to play with, but it might not match your use case.
A lot of people seems to like this little fella. Thanks for inside look. 73
It's growing on me
Always learn something with your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Me too! Thanks for watching!
I would like to see them make some 100w SDR base stations to compete with the Japanese.
That would be cool. For now we have QRP+Amp from Xiegu to get to 100w
Thanks for doing something besides calling it crap for 10 minutes like CBer Mikie. Great video! 👍👍
I actually like it. Kinda like a modern ft-818.
@@temporarilyoffline I just got one and love it! For the price why drag your 7300 or 710 to the pota when you can take this cutie? I,m betting someone is going to hack the firmware and give us something cool as well.
@mewrongway agreed!
I think there is some potential in that qrp rig.
I like it more everyday
Thanks again great job
Thank you too!
Is it possible xiegu g106 mars mod - Extended transmit? Please
I'm 75% sure it is, but I don't know the procedure
Too bad there is no room to put in a battery pack. But anyway thanks for the peek inside the radio....
It would be pretty small!
Taking things apart is fun. Cross-Threading is bad, and I was 👍#104
This guy gets it!
Nah! I really didn't need nor want to know about the innards of the transceiver.
Shucks, Next Time!
is that pointy Arrow for the Mars Mod? like at the G90? @temporarilyoffline
It could be, but I don't know for sure.
The Xiegu G90 has a silkscreened arrow on the circuit board which identifies the diode to be removed for extended transmit coverage. Is there anything like that on the G106 board?
I didn't see one.
@@temporarilyoffline Thanks for checking. Do you see any diodes, or traces on the circuit board with little tiny gaps intended to be bridged with solder, or anything else that matches the traditional way to provide configuration information to the processor? Especially relevant would be anything on the circuit which looks similar to how this is done on the G90.
@@David2718281828 I looked pretty hard for it, I'm assuming that as this radio gets a little more popular and some of the stink wears off that information will materialize. Its affordable enough to grab and take a look though.
What brand is the magnifier, nice case too..
I got that a long time ago in a junk box... I wish I could point you at a link, but search for "Jewelers Loupe" on amazon: amzn.to/3FjQxhK
Do you know witch standard cable we can use for updating the software? And are you make a video of updating. I have downloaded a new version but no cable yet.
Yes, you can use the "blue cable" -> ebay.us/XBS8Or You can also use the DE-19, which if you don't have either, the DE-19 is a great way to get this G106 onto digital modes! I'll have videos on both out very soon.
Looks "very quality" to me but unfortunately, no cash.😆
It's pretty 👍
Nice look inside. Long gone the style of boards & parts I saw back working at Drake. This new surface mount stuff is hell on aging eyes & essential tremor sufferers. Which is why I now just look inside and let the basement-dwelling Cheetohs eater next door do all my mods & fixes. ;-). Have admit the board & bits looks nominal good. But sittin’ here with the IC-705 on the bench, I’ll pass on spending more. Thanks for the innards view. 73 de W8IJN
@@haramanggapuja Exactly, the engineering is sound. If you've got the 705, you are all set!
So what u r saying ... pay attention to the anode and cathode metals to avoid crossthreading? Really?
Naw Fam, they are both anodes.
Just so we're all on the same page, are those toroids or toe-roids? 😁
Yes 😁
Second! Thanks for Sharing TO!
Thank you Dan!
First!
Right on!
Nice job. Thank you de NJØR
Anytime Hector!
AWESOME GUY = AWESOME VIDEO 👍73 KV5P
Thank you, Thank you!
Can you try and transmit at 27.205 (into dummy load)? You may need to go into the menu and find BSM, one option is full and one is amateur. If you could try this I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
No Joy, sorry. I'm still looking for a MARS mod for this radio