Xiegu X108G Portable 20 Watt HF Transceiver Review On-Air Test

Let me add it to the cart, don't know what you saw.

 

Wow, Connect Systems is now down to $399 for the radio. That is very inviting.

Currently I'm finishing up the build on a mcHF SDR kit. It's costing me a lot more than $400 to build but it's quite an impressive radio and gets better all the time.
www.m0nka.co.uk

 

No Joy! I prefer to buy American and keep ourselves employed!
73

 

Really name one currently active US based ham radio manufacture that's not Flex... I would love to know. Icom, Yeasu and Kenwood are all made over sea's too while your all high and mighty.

 

Ill keep my Yaesu's! I'm not a fan of Beofengs and all of the other cheap Chinese copy cat junk that has invaded our market. I just don't think it's economically a good thing to flood the market w/ cheap Chinese crap. This takes away from Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood, Alinco and Elecraft's R&D effort.
I want to see new stuff from the big 5 as often as possible.
I understand the allure with the low price I also know that most hams are inherently cheap but I'm going to buy from american dealers and reputable companies,es, I will spend more on the Yaesu, because the spent the $$ designing it AND backing it if it breaks or need quality accessories. Ham radio is one of my expensive hobbies, (although flying is at the top) It's an important hobby for many folks, why cheap-out on something that could save lives?
Dad always told me "You get what you pay for"


If someone offers you "a penny for your thoughts" and you "give your 2 cents worth", where did the other penny go?
"Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?"


"What's in your hamshack?"
De , W5TXR Mark

 

The big five are established Pro-American amateur radio companies, Xinghe, and zxebra and all of the others are just copycatters.
Yaesu Icom, Kenwood, Alinco and Elecraft have real R&D engineers , the chinese companies reverse engineer our stuff and sell it for a fraction.
I know this to be factual. There are several copycat look-a-likes example, the FT-8800, the FT-2900 .
I mean lets face it, China's economy has exploded ofver the last 10 years, it's not because of China, It's because of reverse engineering our stuff!
I don't like it, they have been in the technology theft business since before Clinton!
look: https://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/CN/2-meter-radio.html


"What's in your hamshack?"
De , W5TXR Mark

 

Seeing as how connect systems has, in their web page, they are selling xeigu equip at cost, there will be no support, and they are discontinuing carrying xeigu due to them being, basically, crap...... Why would you spend as much as a used ft857?

I mean, if you want 20 watts out, do the brown wire mod.

And you have 100 Watt capabilities. As well as v/uhf.

Never understood the want for the chicom garbage.

--Shane
KD6VXI

 

Elecraft.

 

What/who's radio have 'they' copied with this 108? One of your design?

 

I think I found a new rig for camping and my BoB.

 

Nice. Too bad it doesn't cover 6.

 

Connect systems had issues with the prototype models. To my knowledge, those issues were resolved, and they are indeed now selling and supporting these radios. The details of the prototype issues were on their FB page a couple of months back, right before Dayton Hamfest date.

 

The AGC is probably set to slow (AGC-S) on your display. I don't have one and the manual does not cover changing this to fast AGC (AGC-F I guess). But this is your problem I am sure. Perhaps playing with it you can find the setting.

 

If you guys want a laugh, and play guitar, check out a google search on "Chibson guitar:.....

 

I pulled up the website: http://www.csi-radios.com/cs108g-hf-radio/
and they show the radio for sale at $399

Don't see that they have dropped the radio from their sales link, either:
http://www.csi-radios.com/radios/

Maybe I missed something...?