New XIEGU X6200 - SDR Ultra Portable HF transceiver (review, comparison, measurements)

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00:01 - intro
02:28 - what is in the box
07:05 - X6200 overview
16:12 - X6200 vs. X6100 comparison
22:29 - new features in the firmware
29:29 - measurements + tests
40:00 - X6200 with MC-20 Magloop Antenna
The X6200 supports a wide range of communication modes, including SSB, CW, AM, NFM, DIGI, and WFM. It's perfect for both enthusiasts and professionals to meet all your communication needs.
The Xiegu X6200 features a compact frame, a built-in replaceable 3200mAh battery, and substantial interference shielding. It's your one-stop solution for both desktop and field POTA activities, offering 4-5 hours of operation time on a single charge.
- All built-in in one body: Battery, PTT button, Microphone, Aut.Ant.Tuner, SWR Analyzer, Noise Reduction and more...
Frequency range:
Receive: 0.5MHz~30MHz
88.0~108.0MHz
50.00~54.00MHz
108.0~136.0MHz
Transmit: 1.8~2.0MHz
7.0~7.2MHz
14.0~14.35MHz
21.0~21.45MHz
28.0~29.7MHz
3.5~3.9MHz
10.1~10.15MHz
18.068~18.168MHz
24.89~24.99MHz
50.00~54.00MHz
Working mode: CW, AM, SSB, FM
Minimum step: 1Hz
Antenna impedance: 50Ω
Operating temperature range: 0℃~+50℃
Frequency stability: ±1ppm in the 10min after startup @25°C: 1ppm/h
Power voltage: 9.0~15.0VDC, negative electrode grounding
Current consumed: Receive: 650mA@ Max
Transmit: 3A@ Max
Body size: About 200*89*51mm (L*W*H) (not including protrusions)
Weight: About 930kg (only host)
Transmitter parameters
RF output power: 8W (SSB/CW/FM)±1dB @13.8VDC
4W (AM carrier) @13.8VDC
5W(SSB/CW/FM)±1dB (battery)
2.5W (AM carrier) @battery
Spurious suppression: ≥50dB
Carrier suppression: ≥50dB
Microphone impedance: 200~10k (600Ω in general)
Receiver parameters
Circuit type: RF direct sampling
Sideband suppression: ≥50dB
WF icon displayed 39
MDS： -138dBm
Sensitivity (PRE=on, ATT=off, NB=off, NR=off, AGC=on):
Mode
Band SSB/CW - FM/AM - WFM/AM
0.5~1.799999MHz - 10uV
1.8~1.999999MHz 0.20uV / 10uV
2.0~27.999999MHz 0.20uV / 2uV
28.0~30.000000MHz 0.20uV / 0.20uV / 2uV
50.0~54.000000MHz 0.20uV / 0.20uV / 2uV
88~108MHz(WFM) - Greater than 10uV
108-136MHZ (AM) - Greater than 10uV
Audio output: 0.5W (4Ω, ≤10% THD)
Audio output impedance: 4~16Ω
Antenna tuner unit
Antenna tuner tuning impedance range: 20Ω~175Ω
Initial tuning time: ≤10s
Memory load tuning: ≤0.1s
#xiegu #X6200 #review

[@greene_hu]

Thanks for the test Paul, You did a great job (as always). I was really thinking of buying a 6100 last year. But there were so many bugs, and complaints about it, that I decided to go for the 705 instead, and I didn't regret it.

[@MicahGallant]

lack of tuner is a deal breaker for me. i don't know why they wouldn't put a tuner in it. when you get to field day, you need to be able to use it with any of the many antennas setup, and having that tuner just makes it so easy

[@jessgypin-ko5ds]

Keep the great videos coming! Love all the X6200 content your coming up with so quickly! Love it!

[@OM0ET]

Thank you very much ;)

[@marios2620]

Thank you for your very informative and helpful seminars 👋

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯

[@gliderpilot8882]

Comprehensive review, thank you Paul.

[@OM0ET]

Thank you 😊👍

[@bobd1594]

Excellent presentation and review!!!

[@OM0ET]

Thank you! 😊

[@JeffreyGroves]

A very competent looking design for this device. For use as a WalkieTalkie, it would have been better if the microphone was on the left side of the front panel instead.

[@metinakan6284]

Thank you for the explanation ,nice device .where is the it sold?

[@pu1ags]

I believe I watched almost all of your videos. They are very good. Congratulations. On the Xiengo X6100 it is normal to use RF SHOKE to avoid interfering with the transmission audio. Does this problem remain on the X6200? Thanks. PP1JL José Luiz, Vitória - ES, Brazil

[@gtretroworld]

Thanks for the thorough look at this radio Paul. 73 M3VWN

[@JB-po3rb]

Du sprichst so schön einfach englisch...... Danke !

[@JeffreyGroves]

In the US, they passed a law where opening a device is no longer a condition for voiding the warranty of the device. I'm surprised that the EU doesn't have this same law to allow the owner to open the device without voiding the warranty.

[@brasilchris1]

Thanks for the nice review. Is there any difference between the speakers? I saw on a other channel that there is a output issue the first seconds while transmitting? Some on comment that it looks like a design flaw that you can not resolve with a update ? Do you can confirm about this problem when you was testing it ? I like this radio but for almost 1000 euro it must works properly, otherwise buy the 6100 our for the half of the price the 90. I like this radio for the battery , better screen, better stands, better receiver than the 6100 ? I am also curious about the birdies ? Thanks PY/PD9CHR ,73

[@daveN2MXX]

Oh good! It has the very useful audio waveform display on the screen just like the 6100! ....said no one ever.

[@fotografm]

Did they fix the overheating problem ? I sold my 6100 because it was so hard to keep it cool on FT8 TX.

[@JeffreyGroves]

I hope that the GPS module would provide automatic time synchronization for the X6200.

[@ionica123]

Excellent presentation. I'm waiting for one from WiMo. I saw in the presentation that touching a single button at the top also moves the others. It's strange that the screws are so cheap on Aliexpress, I'm going to buy a bag and make some holes to fix them. After that, we will focus on the software to see what we can do to make it OK. Too bad it's so beautiful, but he didn't like the old school.

[@josegerardoalvarez2601]

Exelente exposicion de los diferentes modos de Operacion, Felicitaciones Amigo, espero verte pronto y aqui tengo tu Regalo, se complica mucho el envio pero te lo espero llevarlo pronto Saludos a toda la Familia.

[@OM0ET]

Hello dear friend Jose! 👋 Thank you very much! 😉👍

[@CBPunisher1900]

WISH THEY WOULD ADD A REG MIC JACK AND ANTENNA JACK ON IT AND A FEW OTHER THINGS BUT ITS A GOOD VALUE

[@stevepatterson2290]

good job

[@francescopiccone3769]

Thanks Paúl very very nice ...73

[@DC6NS]

Thanks again, Paul, for one more of your good and informative videos! I´ve got my X6200 4 days ago being less lucky than you with my device. Yesterday I sent it back. Would be intersting for me if you noticed also one or more of the issues my X6200 had. It would be a nice rig (pretty housing, excellent display, good working noisreduction, many features), if there weren´t some unacceptable issues: - every few seconds a "POWER FAIL. POWER DOWN IN 179S"-message pops up midscreen - transceiver gets hot even without any transmitting - SWR-Scan always shows excellent SWR across the whole band, even with totally inappropriate antennas connected - ATU doesn´t work right, after tuning, SWR is still worse than 1:2 and transceiver switches power to 1W - S-Meter doesn´t work properly. Even with very strong signals (S9+30dB) it shows not more than S5. Most of the time it shows S0-S1 - FM broadcast band nearly deaf. I normally receive 50-60 stations here. With X6200 I can use 3 of them... Keep your good work, 73, Bernhard

[@ferdinandfrozenstein]

Wow. Xiegu radios would be great if they really fullfiled the great paper specs without tons of bugs and traps that make a potentially cool radio finally unusable. So maybe to get an X6100 for cheaper now as the X6200 might lower the price of X6100, while the X6100 might have got rid of most of the stupid bugs?

[@claudiafriedberg6248]

Hallo Bernhard, hier ein Feedback meinerseits zu Deinen Punkten: - Power Fail hatte ich zweimal, allerdings jedes Mal, sobald der Akku bei 7 Volt sozusagen leer war, möglicherweise lag das bei Deinem Gerät an der Kontaktierung des Akkus - das Gerät wird im RX-Modus nur handwarm, das ist für mich ok - SWR-Scan funktioniert bei mir einwandfrei - ATU funktioniert bei meinem Gerät ebenfalls wie erwartet - das S-Meter ist in der Tat falsch calibriert, hier braucht es ein SW-Update - FM-Broadcast funktioniert gut, bekomme einige Stationen, habe es aber noch nicht verglichen Ich habe allerdings die Modulationen der beiden Geräte X6100 un X6200 verglichen, hier gibt es beim X6200 erhebliches Verbesserungspotenzial, der X6100 klingt derzeit deutlich besser ! Ansonsten bin ich grundsätzlich sehr angetan von dem neuen Xiegu und erwarte, dass es einige zukünftige Updates geben wird 😎 Vy 73 Claudia DF1UX

[@DC6NS]

@@claudiafriedberg6248 Hallo Claudia, vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar! Der Powerfail kam bei mir nach einiger Zeit immer, unabhängig davon, ob Akkus voll, leer oder gerade am Laden waren. Ich habe den Akku sogar ganz entfernt, selbst dann trat die Meldung auf. Ich habe Radioddity angeschrieben wegen der Mängel, allerdings den schlechten Radioempfang nicht erwähnt. Die Antwort: - die Fehlermeldung ist ein Softwarebug, der beim nächsten Firmwareupdate (wann halt) behoben wird. - bezüglich des heissen Gerätes, des Verhaltens des SWR-Scan und des ATU baten sie mich, Fotos zu schicken :-) - zum S-Meter schrieben sie ich solle den FM-Mode auf WFM stellen 🙂 Habe das Gerät inzwischen zurückgeschickt, lief soweit problemlos. Von Xiegu besitze ich noch den G90 und den X5105, mit beiden bin ich recht zufrieden Ich wünsche Dir wirksame Updates und viele gute Verbindungen mit dem X6200! 73, Bernhard

[@claudiafriedberg6248]

@@DC6NS Hallo Bernhard, ja das ist dann schon schwierig mit den Chinesen, allerdings haben die sich von Geräte- zu Geräte-Entwicklung enorm gesteigert. Ich besitze auch den G90, den X5105 sowie auch den X6100 - ich werde jetzt wohl alle verkaufen und den X6200 behalten in der Hoffnung, dass die nächsten FW-Updates die Bugs aus dem Weg räumen. Bei Deinem Gerät nehme ich an, dass da auch bei der HardWare irgendetwas im Argen war, insofern war es wohl gut es zurückzuschicken. Sind wir mal ehrlich ICOM und Elecraft führen, was die Qualität anbelangt,schon dieses Segment an, aber es ist trotzdem spannend, was jetzt so Alles aus Fernost in der Zukunft kommen wird. Viel Spaß weiterhin mit unserem schönen Hobby und ebenfalls gute Verbindungen 😎 Vy 73 Claudia DF1UX 👋

[@DC6NS]

@@claudiafriedberg6248 Hallo Claudia, Du hast in allen Punkten ganz sicher Recht. Dass bei meinem Gerät etwas mit der Hardware nicht stimmte, nehme ich auch an, vermutlich im Bereich des ATU. Und - obwohl ich mit G90 und 5105 ja zufrieden bin - spielt der IC-705 (den ich auch besitze) schon in einer ganz anderen Liga, auch wenn er keinen Tuner hat. Du wirst vielleicht lachen, aber ich hab mir jetzt was fast schon veraltetes bestellt, nämlich den FT-891 😀Mal sehen, wie der sich so bei Pota benimmt. Schönen Sonntag noch und alles Gute, Bernhard

[@terryniks5502]

Paul, Nice Video! My question is : is Fm any good? The 6100 is SH.T .. receive and Tx .. keep up the good work 🎉

[@kimparkin5254]

Great technical video Omoet. The X6200 is certainly a step up from its earlier models. It is worth the investment for the portability and features it offers. Keep up the great work.

[@OM0ET]

I agree with you ;)

[@w6by]

A very nice and thorough review. The 6100 has problems with numerous spurs, especially in the higher bands. Have they fixed this? It is nice they included FM broadcast on the 6200.

[@OM0ET]

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[@dezem7]

I do like the waterfall/wave display. But I think I will stick with my lovely kx2 though...

[@stephenprovost1348]

hello great review!! what is the make and model of the signal generator and the power meter you used in the video?

[@OM0ET]

On both devices you can find a video with the links on my channel 👍

[@loraz0]

Thank you for the fine review. When you were checking the S meter level, was the RF gain set to 50%? That is where other Xiegu radios are set to check S level on receive. I have 3 Xiegu radios, and I will wait for a while and see how this one does once it is released, and I want to see what module improvements they decide to sell. I hope the support for the X6100 does not go away with this new radio coming out.

[@OM0ET]

Thank you for watching! :) I had the RF-gain set to 100 during this tests.

[@loraz0]

@@OM0ET Thanks! Do you think you will own one soon?

[@OM0ET]

@loraz0 oh I don't know, I hope so 😊

[@kwagnert]

Thank you for this review! Excellent and very detailed. 73's DE KP4QG

[@RadiochiefRu]

Hi! The S-meter is either incorrectly calibrated, or the transceiver has serious problems with the reciever sensitivity. The X6100 had a stable S9 at -73 dBm, with the preamp turned off and RF Gain at 50. This is from the practice of Xiegu repairs. Although, perhaps they changed something here. Otherwise, the transceiver is more interesting than the X6100. If you plan to have a teardown video, that would be great. Thank you.

[@RoelandJansen]

The meter... Only SNR is important

[@mostlypostie1]

I would love to know what the TX Audio quality is like, with the built in microphone? The X6100 had many problem with the internal mic, and performed poorly.

[@OM0ET]

Thank you, I will try to do an additional video with this test included 👍

[@conorturton]

Does it still suffer the birdie issues that the X6100 had? I bought a X6100 and one of the birdies was a S9 on 14.070MHz making it unusable for data modes.

[@fotografm]

I sold my 6100 because of this very same problem.

[@user-gq7kg4pc1u]

No grounding port? And also it's a shame that apparently you cannot charge the battery without it being connected to the radio.

[@ok2slc147]

Is any information about the extension interface available yet?

[@ok2slc147]

kzbin.info8rbOtodnjwI 😁

[@TimGray]

any tests on frontend overloading for off frequency? or is it the same as the old one and you need to buy a bunch of external filters?

[@RoelandJansen]

You definitely need filters

[@ivanburyy6622]

Thanks, Paul, for the detail video. The X6200 Xiegu radio is interesting, but more expensive. And output power is only 5 Wtts. My very old G90 has 20 Wtts output, its preferred for /p operations. 73 ! RD8O

[@OM0ET]

Thank you Ivan, yes 5W with internal battery, 8W with external power supply

[@x_CrossHair_x]

Not sure if I should Wait for the 6300.. (Never Ends LOL) now I want this one (Nice Radio)👍

[@OM0ET]

I donno, but I have feeling that the next model will have also 2m/70cm included, like an ICOM 705, that would be great! :)

[@x_CrossHair_x]

@@OM0ET Yes that would be great for sure.. (Crossing Fingers 🤞And Hope)

[@DM1DF]

Nice video and interesting transceiver. But why do they not produce a transceiver with 10W of this internal battery? Elecraft with its KX2 shows how it is possible. 73

[@RoelandJansen]

As if 8 vs 10 W is noticeable...

[@DM1DF]

@@RoelandJansen 8 or 10 W, but please with internal battery. Not only with external DC.

[@frankENZC]

Excellent review on the X6200. I thought you were going to test the NR when you were doing a weak signal test ( -132? dBm). I recently sold my X6100. The X6200 looks better in a number of ways. 73 de WA3RSL

[@OM0ET]

Oh! I just realised that I forgot to add this part in to the video. Yes I did this test. I will do the livestream today so you can see how the NR works.

[@frankENZC]

@@OM0ET Very good!

[@mikemcdonald5147]

I love the screen from the looks of it but I don't like the cheap plastic wheel and body.

[@user-os6mp4qi2j]

8W vs 10W = 1dB.

[@OM0ET]

Thank you! :)

[@GDWALK]

You seem to be the blogger who got the machine late. 😂

[@OM0ET]

true, because originally I was not sure if I am really interested in this radio, but I decided and it was too late, but don't worry, it is not just about "to be the first" anyway :)

[@digitalmediafan]

Such low power . 20w max would be more like it

[@OM0ET]

I think there is not enough cooling space on this little radio, also with 20W you would run out battery in just a few minutes :)

[@digitalmediafan]

@@OM0ET yes just not practical or possible shame

[@frankfoduw-ci8rr]

73 de frank SWL F14368 organizer of the SWL contest 2024

[@SP-nt4sr]

Oh look it's a 6100

[@ChatGPT1111]

Not impressed. They need more than an incremental improvement, like HF/VHF/UHF (incl 220MHz), 10w on battery. Be nice to also have 23cm since Icom has it. Way too expensive for what you get.

[@denelson83]

That's 900 Hz, not 1000 Hz.

[@antronx7]

Not a good radio. Slow screen refresh rate and high power consumption in rx. Icom ic705 uses 2.5w in rx and has fast screen refresh. The Chinese have a long way to go before they challenge first tier ham radio makers.

[@RoelandJansen]

The 705 is many times better on...

[@SP-nt4sr]

Garbage radios. I don't even think they're technically radios. Just like vegan beef.

[@oscarluciani7002]

Is an very interesant equipment AND very nice display congratulation Paul , salutti from Argentina LU6QAP

[@OM0ET]

Yes, it really is :) Thank you for watching this video!

[@user-ik1dl2hm1l]

Hi, Paul!!!))) UG0L operator Alexander, 51..... Far East Russia, Vladivostok (0L) My TRX QRP XIEGU X6100 10W, XIEGU G90 20W ❗️ ❗️ ❗️ My new TRX QRP TX-500 "DISCOVERY" 10 W... Alexander UG0L

[@SP6QKX]

[@ko9wdmhnc]

Another Xiegu X6200 Beta Tester!!! *shakes head*

[@dennis8196]

Software is never complete, it's always in constant development, the term beta to mean not ready for formal release is outdated as the tech world recognises everything is beta. This is a great product that dispite many limitations it still outshines some of the big players in the game. The fact that the device isn't locked down, i.e. is easily hacked if you know what you are doing and that it is relatively cheap means many people will buy them and will help developing them further than the manufacturer would on their own, however if you want a fully polished product, you may be paying 3 times what you do for this radio. Additionally the people at xiegu are clearly listening to their customers, more than what some of the big players do. The improvements in this model over it's predecessor are the result of comments in forums and reviews.

[@tehlolercaust]

it's an x6100 with some quality of life upgrades and a shittier housing. Not an 800 dollar radio