More Info About the Xiegu X6200 

It's good that Ziegu is trying to both innovate but also keep the radios at an affordable price.

I can't wait for the X6200 to become available so I can get a good price on the X6100!

Thanks for the update.

They really need to release a HF/VHF/UHF radio.

Been happy with my G90 for a while now but look forward to seeing some comparisons between it and the X6200. I appreciate your work, Steve.

TO! Thanks for bringing me up-to-date on the 6200. See you out there. 73 de Bill

With the nice color screen,... I think an SSTV app would be a cool option,...

I just HOPE they support this for a while. The GSOC had so much potential.

Nice, Thanks.. Would be interested in learning more about birdies and

Thanks 73

Thanks for the 620 info. I too have the X6100. I also really like the SWR scanner. I have a remote tuner connected to a 400-foot-long wire. I use the SWR scanner to tune the remote tuner and just watch that SWR go down as it tunes it. Cool! Can the X6200 automatically transmit the FT8? I was looking at the sBitx v3 as it can do that. But no S-meter on that rig. No tuner either and no built-in battery.

It could sync ft8 timing to the traffic it sees rather than syncing the clock

The X6200 is starting to look good! :-) After buying the little G106 I vowed that I now have enough radios, but... Anyhow - I agree that the X6100 is not "the best", but we have to acknowledge that the G90 (whilst also maybe not "the best" from a purely technical perspective) is absolutely superb! Xiegu for all their faults can make excellent radios. I would really like them to do a "shack in a box" that contains 160m to 6m as well as 2m and 70cm. Alternatively it would be fantastic if they can make at least one radio that can do HF plus 4m, which we here in the UK call the "Friendly Band". Way to go, TO! 73, Jan M7HNK

Awesome 👍👍👍

What camera are you using for the talking head stuff?

What is the power output? I see videos talk about it but no word about the power output? Thanks WB9KQF

Needs a js8 decoder too

Hi Steve, looks good. This one of the radios in the mix of radios on my purchase list. I’ll let you know what radio I select for my first radio. Most likely will be something I can use at home and in the park. Be safe David (VK2AAW)🎉

If it decodes FT8… how far a jump to decode JS8 call??? Now that would be slick

Did you see the Raddy RF919? I'm very curious about that receiver. Will you try it out?

Will there be a pre-order at some point?

Does your antenna tuner make the clinking sound like the g90 and the x5105 does. My buddy has one and I all it does is makes tone noise. Not sure if the radio is working right.

I heard end of May release and around $1k. Not sure how reliable either one of those is.

It would be really cool if this release wasn’t full of bugs like the 6100. I wish I could trade my 6100 in for this upgrade lol. Having a built in battery, tuner, and ft8 decode is a purchase point. Thanks for putting these videos out! -73s

If it had VHF/UHF then I'd be sold, but currently I have no need to upgrade from the x6100 for even more than the 6100 cost

Xiegu 1 or Xiegu 2 Some just don't know what to do? Tnx Man!

Do you think this would be a good starter HF rig? I don't have the coin for an Icom or Yaesu.

I can find nothing about the 6200 at this point that would compel me to purchase this unit over the 6100. Projected cost is significantly more, it does not have the benefit of multiple years of public beta testing, and I give up 1/5 of the power of the 6100 which was not a barn burner to begin with. I want to like it and have been waiting anxiously for it for sometime. Who knows maybe they are saving something for the big reveal?

How many watt is it? Thanks for the video

Do the chickens have large talons?

I had a G90 some time ago but after Xeigu never responded to questions posted on the forums (no real support channel) by users such as myself, I concluded they basically "take the money and run". You said it yourself, the buyers are the beta testers. I suppose this wouldn't be totally bad except the cost of these radios really don't qualify for great values unless your expectations align with disposable gear! I'd rather have a Yaesu 891 without all the frills of a Xeigu since the Xeigus generally don't give what they advertise. If they say the 6100 will have such and such, and when you don't find such a feature, if it never shows up in a subsequent firmware update, just hold out for their next model and fork out another several hundred dollars because THEY will abandon previous models, that's what they do. If you're OK with that business model, by all means give them your money. But if you want what you're promised with real support, buy American or Japanese.

Any word on pricing?

"FT8 Decoder" How does it interface to PC software?

Would be nice I'd they have fixed some of the issues that the 6100 had. The 6100 has a horrible front end as it picks up am.broadcast in a bad way. The DNF is absolutely horrible as it does NOT WORK. Just a couple issues.

Why not take the G90 and improve that? It is a nice radio to take to the park or to do digital modes and CW with. Add a sound card and give it a bigger screen. The 20 watts is just enough to do the thing with. The main thing I don't like about what I see here is it looks like a video game from 1985.

So I guess decode only on FT8?

I wonder how much of Oleg's firmware they copied?

None of the videos show it tuning across the band. Reason? That would show the horrific deal-killing birdies.

Hi, Steve. Love your channel. Please use "sneak peek" not "peak". For your better writing. 63, Marc (N1QGM)

Only 8 watts?

I prefer the look of the x6100 over this one.

I don't like the looks of this one. I will be keeping my 6100, as I am totally happy with it!

Yes the Sygoo oh wait it's spelled correctly in the title... I'm no mathemagician y'all but dang.

right from the bat I hate that red lipstick button 🙄

20 watts on battery power would be great, hopefully it’s at least 10 watts on battery power and 20 watts on power supply, I do like the external battery idea, and hopefully they made it where it can dissipate heat better.

waiting for anG9x!

So, when you said you were on 6 MHz, the dial showed 50 MHz. Does it come with a secret decoder ring? LOL I dumped my X6100, just can't trust it in an emergency. I'm considering a G90 or used VX1700. If money wasn't an issue I'd go for an Icom F8101 or Barrett 4050 for AF MARS with ALE. 73! de WN7D

VIC20 in the back

They can still do better changing out the RED TEXT for the Button Menus also,.... I was only able to change the Red on the button menus on a few of menus on the x6100,... But most of the button menus are hidden somewhere else (or maybe im Chinese,... So I couldn't find the code?) It's being advertised for $1000+, for the x6200,.... And I don't believe the changes made are going to be worth that,... It would be níce if they could make Bluetooth AUDIO work,... Still like my x6100,....but a removable battery would be better,....

Seems Xiegu is waiting a long time before releasing the X6200 compared to the X6100

This could've been a firmware update. This SHOULD have been a firmware update.

800 US dollars? I think not

My experience with the 6100 is pretty close to others who found it to have more birdies than an aviary & enough screen/scan artifacts to make it an obvious dog radio. I sold mine & replaced it with a 5105. Unless Xiegu completely re-engineered the 6200 & scrammed all the imported vagaries of the pretty much worthless GSOC, I would rather use one of those cheap Chinese clones of the uSDX/(tr)uSDX. Sad fact is the G90 & the X5105 are the present best choices of the Xiegu gulags, both of which radios I have and run. So for me, the ‘6200 is ‘a whole bunch of nope.’ (Hope to see you at Dayton.) 73 de W8IJN