Xiegu G106 Detailed Overview - The Good, The Bad, The Missing

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In this video

  1. 00:00 00:52 - Intro
  2. 00:53 1:33 - Specifications - What is the G106
  3. 1:33 1:44 - Price and What's included
  4. 1:44 2:23 - Microphone Overview
  5. 2:23 2:53 Power Cord (Flaws included)
  6. 2:53 3:10 - Dimensions and Weight.
  7. 3:10 4:48 - External Radio overview
  8. 4:48 23:38 Navigating through the screen, menu's and operation.
  9. 23:39 24:19- I ask for you to hit the like and give some input on xiegu as a company
  10. 24:19 24:52 - This radio doesn't transmit on AM mode
  11. 24:53 27:03 - Power tests with CW
  12. 27:03 30:00 -Testing power out on SSB
  13. 30:00 33:36 Yeah but how does this radio sound?
  14. 33:36 34:19 Recap - The Good, The Bad, The Missing
  15. 34:19 34:59 - Xiegu needs to fix their garbage.
  16. 35:00 35:10 - Go get yourself a G90
  17. 35:10 35:36 - Thank You, Thank The Channel Members, and 73

About this video

Which of the features are MISSING on the Xiegu G106, Which of these features are GOOD, and What doesn't seem so great about the Xiegu G106?

This is a long Overview (35 minutes). The Timestamps are listed below so you may skip ahead.

Is the Xiegu G106 Ready for the market? You can decide after watching this overview.

➣ High-performance SDR infrastructure

➣ Compact and robust physical structure
➣ Coverage of all HF amateur radio bands between 3.5 and 29.7MHz
➣ WFM broadcast receive coverage
➣ Continuous receive coverage across all HF frequencies
➣ Amateur data communication modes are possible by connection to a computer with the appropriate software installed
➣ Computer based remote control is available via a CAT port
➣ Microphone with Speaker

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for clarification: I paid for this radio and it was not given to me for exchange of review purposes

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