It can be used for radio host control. I actually used a USB sound card dongle from an old headset rather than plugging into the computer audio in and out directly. Last evening I answered a CW CQ on 40 meters from a station in Texas running 20 watts. It also includes an internal automatic antenna tuner. That one, was using my portable. ", I really like both. I have separated the control head so I can place it for more convenient viewing and adjustment. 4 0 obj Fixed the problem that the automatic antenna tuner could not be tuned in CW mode. The phase shifting and/or tone shifting rate of the PSK31 signal seems to throw the internal meter into a tizzy. Xiegu G90 Panadapter. This file has the latest firmware update for Xiegu G90 including instructions to perform the update. Inspect them with a microscope or good magnifier for problems. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Turn on the tuner and you see the swr as presented to the transmitter by the tuner. Bypass the tuner and you see the swr at the antenna connector. I initially plugged it into the COM jack on the back. 2020-03-15 I've been using my G90 as my primary rig in the shack for a number of months now and love it. please remove the CAT cable before powering on the G90. I use it most for CW, second most for SSB and almost none for digital. Checked into the YL System. I bought the 20 watt G90 as an emergency backup rig to run on solar/battery power. Tempstar Old and crochety Site Supporter+. Xiegu GSOC and G90 combo option Keeping in mind, I feel like the GSOC is a work in progress at the moment and not fully developed– check out my initial review . Until tonight. The up to 20 watt output power of the G90 is perfect. But the excellent internal tuner of the g90 makes up for it! It packs huge performance into a small portable package. Also have enjoyed 21 SSB QSOs, again with no issues. His signal sounded kind of hallow and distant. Machine firmware: G90_DispUnit_FW_V1d04_buid00.xgf. Bands have been not-so-good the past few days. The display unit and the radio can be separated. My idea is that I can tilt it up for use and lay it down flat for packing. X. Manuals & Software. It is also is intended to be place to share your accomplishments and or announce your upcoming outings or schedules using the G90 … G90 Firmware v1.741993 DownloadsThis file has the latest firmware update for Xiegu G90 including instructions to perform the update. However, we are finding that some of the more aggressive Web Protection/Virus/Malware applications may be stripping the update and firmware files from the downloaded archive, or when the archive is extracted. Download files: Xiegu G90 Firmware v1.4. W5DXP Ham Member QRZ Page. I've got a friend who is seriously considering getting one so he stopped by today to have a look. It is a down-c0nversion SDR receiver with an I/Q baseband output for a future panadapter product from Xiegu. multimode transceiver. Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020. So after the fray settled I gave him a call. Larry Puza. Reviews seem to suggest that the Xiegu G90 is a fairly good Chinese HF transceiver. I'm running V1.73 firmware with no problems. It seems like a great combination of form and function for both portable and base operation. 2020-04-14 I installed the v1.74 firmware upgrade for my G90 this morning. It was almost like there was no drive and then suddenly power output as indicated on the G90 power meter would jump to 20 watts! 2019-08-29 Today I made up the digital interface pictured below and had a PSK QSO with my friend Gary, KD9KHI on my G90 using, As the schematic shows the interface is very simple, just 2 capacitors, one in the wire between ACC DIN jack AF OUT and the tip of the plug to the computer mike or aux in and one in the wire between the ACC DIN jack AF IN and the tip of the the plug from the spk or aux out on the computer. 2020-03-15 I've been using my G90 as my primary rig in the shack for a number of months now and love it. I'll wait a bit but if I continue to like it I'll sell my fourteen year old Icom IC-7000 100w backup radio and keep the G90. %��������� Manual There is also a very active G90 user group at groups.io/g/ I used my G90 portable, recently on several POTA adventures. The one feature I do miss on the g90 is recordable CW messages for repeating CQ calls. HA7WX Rating: 2018-01-14; Follow-up review Time Owned: more than 12 months. Soldering the three wires to the tiny pins of the, A few hours later I had a 20 meter PSK QSO with WA7HDZ in Washington State, 1450 miles. No different than how a rig sees swr using an external tuner that has a bypass switch. FAQ G90 FAQ. It that now about 16 month time period, there have been numerous G90 firmware ‘upgrades’. A nice addition for my G90 radio to add other accessories to the radio. !9x�%�u�l5m��{EF��ܘ�HL����n�:3�J^�40����$��?�*��p�D)�Q�r�e��GV�&����ftS��BA�BP��#�-�ZƂ^�.C���$3Y ��vVg^�S��.�\âM��ʾU)[�Km7?�Zεi�����{?�q>^%JYYD�"�b. multimode transceiver. My tentative conclusion? The G90 is the first model of the new Xiegu G-series. Only the tip and barrel of each are used. G90 is a portable 20W HF amateur radio transceiver with an SDR architecture with built-in auto antenna tuner. The CN-20 optional interface can also be used to connect a Yaesu FT-817 and FT-818 , or manual section using the front panel BAND buttons is also available. I wouldn't push the G90 beyond ten watts and would be happier keeping it lower than that to avoid damage since digital modes are 100% duty cycle. Simple and efficient. Else the G90 may not start and look ‘dead’. We'll see how I like it after a few uses. Xiegu has recently released new firmware upgrade for both its G90 and X5105 transceivers. I really have no complaints about it. That's a rare one for me, only three previous contacts in all my 60+ years on the air. MFJ maintains the latest G90 firm-ware and documentation on their website. Corrected the problem that the automatic antenna tuner could not be automatically accessed Host firmware: G90_MainUnit_FW_V1d04_build002.xgf Machine firmware: G90_DispUnit_FW_V1d04_buid00.xgf Download files: Xiegu G90 Firmware v1.4 Release Notes: 1. Please try again later. xiegu G90 20 watt all mode 160m-10m hf radio, QRPKITS 40-20 meter dual band trap dipole. He was running about 25 watts to a dipole, I between 5 and 10 watts with my. One other thing that I really like about the G90 is its SDR architecture, most noticeable to me in the graphic display which shows both a waterfall and waveform. The automatic antenna tuner in the G90 has tuned everything I've tried with it so far and is much faster than the one in the x5105 which is nice. The G90 uses 24-bit digital architecture. Seems to work very well. And since I mostly work CW, 20 watts seems perfect. I'm running V1.73 firmware with no problems. Some have reported problems with buttons on the front and other things but I've had nothing but fun with mine. Often an upgrade is stated to fix a,b, & c .. which it may do .. but often some other features have been degraded with the upgrade. Now to figure out the audio interface! As to the xmiter, again both do well what I do mostly, CW, SSB, and some digital. It's a portable 20W HF 10-160 mtr. My setup? Using an external speaker or. After a week of playing almost exclusively with that on the G90, I find all my other rigs a bit "blind" since you can only find a signal by tuning around! I am happy with the smaller display on the g90. Finally, you have to select the AUX IN by pressing the FUNC button then the PWR button twice and selecting LINE input by turning the tuning knob. I have for years mostly used around 25 watts for CW and about 50 for SSB even with my 100 watt rigs. On my desk it seems to work great. I use it most for CW, second most for SSB and almost none for digital. Yes, a few. headphones they are same. An error occurred while retrieving sharing information. I've used a bracket I made months ago but have not been all that happy with it so today I remade it! G90 is a portable 20W HF amateur radio transceiver with an SDR architecture with built-in auto antenna tuner. The G90 received an impressive 4.6 out of 5 rating from 33 reviews posted at eham.net.. With an SDR structure, internal antenna tuner, flexible transceiver settings, highly configurable bandwidth filters and 20 watts of power, the Xiegu G90 is attractive at its price point. IMPORTANT: There are two files to update, the file labeled “G90_MainUnit_FW_V…” 2kHz Blocking gain: 65 dB 5. The swr is read at the transmitter (including the sweep). My Xiegu experience only goes to the G90 beginning August of 2019. I may even sell my x5105 which I really like after a year of use. IMPORTANT: There are two files to update, the file labeled “G90_MainUnit_FW_V…” should be uploaded to the main unit using the COM connector on the back side of the G90. I did that by setting the transmitter power to 20 watts and then slowly increasing the transmit audio up from zero in DM780 until the transmitted power out was peaking at about ten watts. G90 Firmware v1.741993 DownloadsThis file has the latest firmware update for Xiegu G90 including instructions to perform the update. I played with the Xiegu G90 on the EFHW but didn't hear a single POC operation on 20 or 40. Carefully place the new STM32F103 on the PCB paying attention to the pin numbering. Both are great little rigs and are essentially a complete ham shack in a single small package. Xiegu G90 HF Radio. I really have no complaints about it. Got a very clean and strong signal report from the station in North Carolina. It is a new member of the Xiegu product family and the first model of the G series. HRD immediately found it with the settings for an Icom IC7000. I don't like electrolytic caps in these applications because they are polarized but they would probably be OK too. The Xiegu G90 actually has a few features that the Icom IC-705 will not: Built-in (very effective) automatic antenna tuner; Antenna analyzer function [Update: Geoff notes “The Icom IC 705 does also have a VSWR Plot/analyser in the menu same as the IC7300 and iC 7100, page 9.3 in the advanced IC 705 manual” The GM1 ($260) is a compact, four-band 5-watt QRP transceiver, while the X5101 ($520) is a 160M-6M 5-watt Double Conversion Superheterodyne QRP transceiver. As soon as I did that all worked. Here you will find user manuals, device drivers and softwares for a wide range of our products. At time of publication, there are three Xiegu models widely available: the G1M, X5105, and the G90. But the algorithm that drives the G90 power meter gets confused with a modulated PSK31 signal. %PDF-1.3 I like the way you tune it vs the way you tune the 7300. Once the next firmware update is available it could certainly solve a number of small issues I found with the unit. stream Dynamic Receive Range: 105dB 4. I decided to use it exclusively for a few weeks so I really get to know it. This is the latest Xiegu G90 firmware update guidance for you all. Discussion in 'Survival Communications' started by Tempstar, Feb 22, 2020. If I had to let one of the two go, not sure which it would be. That was only my sixth digital QSO out of a total of 502, mostly CW ones, since I got the rig back in August of last year.Who knows, I may do a little more digital again! So I concluded that there must be a glitch in the Aux In routine in v1.71. Xiegu has been very responsive to user inputs with respect to bug fixes and feature updates. The GM1 ($260) is a compact, four-band 5-watt QRP transceiver, while the X5101 ($520) is a 160M-6M 5-watt Double Conversion Superheterodyne QRP transceiver. That is really the only issue with the G90 on which the engineers clearly were out … I fear that now that I have used it I will never be happy with rigs without it! I'm very happy with this radio and I think Xiegu should be commended for putting together such a complete package for this sort of money. Pileup/Xiegu Blog. It is a Chinese radio, 20 watts max, and covers 160-10 meters. Discussion in 'General Technical Questions and Answers' started by W5DXP, Jun 30, 2019. So after he left I got the cable. I bought the 20 watt G90 as an emergency backup rig to run on solar/battery power. Xiegu G90 Transceiver main@XieguG90.groups.io This is a group to share information and promote understanding of the Amateur Radio transceiver Xiegu G90 and how to use it. 2020-01-23 This evening I was reminded why I love lower power, simple antennas and ham radio. I seldom work digital and had not even connected up the CAT control. The G90 has excellent transmit and receive performance. The display unit and the radio can be separated. 0 Comment Report abuse. He said he didn't notice any difference in my signal, giving me a 579! The G90 is the first model of the new Xiegu G-series. This is the schematic of the Xiegu G90 firmware programming serial cable! X5105 Review by Julian OH8STN August 6, 2020; G90 Digital Modes Setup by OH8STN May 5, 2020; Xiegu G90 Deep Walk Through by OH8STN March 1, 2020; New Firmware Improves G90 and X5105 November 3, 2019; Portable Summer Fun With X5105 June 2, 2019 I purchased this radio just after Christmas 2019, and thought I'd throw a review out there. Propagation is everything, but that was an interesting experiment. The tuning dial has indents, it is basically a mechanical rotary switch like a CB radio. Fixed the problem that the automatic antenna tuner could not be tuned in CW mode. It was a bit touch and go but we got through it. So I listened for a bit. Are there things I do not like? The main difference is that the G90 weighs nearly twice as much and does not include a built in battery. Software Xiegu G1M Fimrware V1.07. Double freq conversion (high / intermediate freq) + ADSP baseband 2. Special thanks to the folks from Radioddity who sent me this H1 rack to review. I find the g90 receiver equal to the 7300. Release Notes: 1. Nice long QSO on 40 meters. I found out that he was running 15 watts from his Xiegu G90 and I asked him how he liked it He had a small glitch with a firmware update, but otherwise he praised it highly. The G90, and I suppose all other SDR rigs, provide that wonderful graphic display of the signals. The g90 is also much more portable-friendly. It also includes an internal automatic antenna tuner. I don't recall the same behavior in v1.6. No different than how a rig sees swr using an external tuner that has a bypass switch. Xiegu G90 Manual V1.01.00 (EN+DE) Xiegu G90 Manual V4.0 (EN) Xiegu G90 Firmware Update Instruction. Features HF/50MHz Portable Transceiver SSB/CW/AM/FM, 5W QRP Built-in Auto Antenna Tuner Built-in Large Capacity Battery Highlights 1. Gary verified that my signal was clean and not splattering all over the place. But as I tuned my G90 around 40 meters I heard this guy calling in CW  CQ de K3Y/KH6. Filter width and passband center adjustments are now available directly by pressing the user knob and scroll … And then adjust the transmit audio level in HRD so you don't overdrive the transmitter. I had to reduce the Window 10 speaker volume to 1 and the Aux In on the G90 to 1 and then very carefully bring up the level in DM780. Because of these frequent changes, the docu-mentation supplied with G90 trans-ceivers is almost certainly outdated. It went well, once I realized I have to hit the spacebar. Review Summary For : Xiegu G90 HF SDR Transceiver; Reviews: 42 MSRP: 499; Description: G90 is a portable 20W HF amateur radio transceiver with an SDR architecture with built-in auto antenna tuner. Xiegu G90 Panadapter. 5.0 out of 5 stars Needed to run radio accessories. I was sending a CQ call to a dummy load to do the test. It took a bit but he got my call and we exchanged the essentials, 559 both ways, name and SKCC numbers. I had problems setting the transmit audio level from my computer for PSK31. Because the G90 is the only HF radio I have ever seen where the RF output power stays unchanged at rated wattage even when the input voltage is as low as 10.5 volts. Click Open Loading Complete Remove power count to 5 and reconnect power Remove the plug from the rear and insert in the lower left-hand socket on the Display Head HOLD SPACEBAR DOWN and press G90 Power Button The Display will be Blank from this point until completion Select 1 Update FW When the TeraTerm displays Wait FW File In this order, select File – Transfer – XMODEM – Send Select Display … Overall the g90 seems a bit simpler to use and adjust but capabilities are very similar. MDS; Sensitivity: -135dBm 3. In fact I run the 7300 at 20w almost exclusively as well. However, having the 20 watt option is nice, particularly for SSB! That didn't work. G90 has recently got many updates to the spectrum and waterfall display, new functions have been implemented and several functions have been optimised like the filter adjustments. Xiegu G90 HF Amateur Radio Transceiver 20W SSB/CW/AM/FM 0.5-30MHz SDR Structure with Built-in Auto Antenna Tuner Radioddity G90-H1 Bracket Holder Quiet Cooling Fan 2-in-1 for Xiegu G90 Xiegu CE-19 Data Interface Expansion Card for G90, G1M, X5105, XPA125B >0.25uV @ 12dB S Ground goes to the barrel of the audio plugs and the ring is not used. The G90 uses 24-bit digital architecture. So far I haven't found anything I don't like! At time of publication, there are three Xiegu models widely available: the G1M, X5105, and the G90. 73 K2ROT Helpful. 2019-08-17 On August 8, just a little over a week ago I got my, I'm really enjoying the G90 after about a week owning it and 41 QSOs. 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