Eric, you produced a very clear video with no nonsense, and it's appreciated. I bought a G-90 as a FIRST HF radio and I'd REALLY APPRECIATE a video from you on how to operate it. Many thanks in advance!

The g90 is like half the price of the x5105, best entry level in its class, and with the tuner built in it really doesn't have competition. Perfect mobile rig.

I have one and love it 😍. I've worked 5700+ DX with 20Watts fine!

Received my Xiegu G90 last Monday and I am very pleased. What a RIG!!! I'm using the alpha vertical antenna. Talked to North Dakota from West Virginia. S8 signal. 20 Watts. This new technology is phenomenal!! I'm old school anyway and I can work this radio this ease. Thanks for the videos Eric, Jim (K8BOW)

Great video - answers many of the questions for us who are looking for a low cost way to get on the air in HF. Your presentation was clear, to the point and not overly chatty like some guys.

Thanks for reviewing this. The radio sounded great.

Just got mine Friday; did a couple SOTA activations and playing around at home. I LOVE IT!

@1OFGODSOWN

4 жыл бұрын

@radio tech As I stated before,it's NOT a CB Radio GOOD BUDDY!

That seem like a brilliant little radio. Impressive.

Good to hear my MS neighbor AG5Z Larry on the Show! Great Job Eric. 73 De WV1Q AL in MS

Always wanted to see how this little radio worked. Great post, TY for the demo and all the info!

This is a great rig to use in car. Thanks for the review!

Best Xeigu G-90 review I have seen in a long time. Normally I dislike unboxing, but you made it short and sweet. Great video and review!

Another awesome video, love the details and that you made contacts!

Nice radio, nice review thank you, Happy holiday

Thanks for the infomercial. Just ordered one. If my wife finds out. I'm going to blame you....

@wushock92

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@haramanggapuja

4 жыл бұрын

So tempted. But I just got a X5105 & have discovered all the problems with that. Am worried that I might suffer as much frustration with the G90. Still, it does sound good. Thanks for the video.

@sebastianfranitza641

4 жыл бұрын

@@haramanggapuja Suffered frustration of trying to calibrate the side bands on an X1M from Xiegu (which STILL dosen't sound right, but works). I am still willing to take my chances with this one.

@TheRatman969

4 жыл бұрын

@@haramanggapuja Care to ellaborate? as I am looking at both the x5105 and this model thx

Nice Review, Now this is a Good starter radio that I need. Thanks

Hey Erick thanks for the review just ordered the G 90 in SWF. Will give you a call when setup

Had a 55 signal into South Africa. What a radio!!

Nice, thanks for the great intro! I got my G90 delivered to my main QTH but unfortunately due to the lockdown I can't get there right now (I rent another place, too). Really looking forward to using it soon!

At 10:54 - Contact with Larry, AG5Z. That's Larry Morgan, one of the guys who was VE for testing for my General! I was on 2 meters one night from my home in Atmore, AL, and had a QSO with Larry with a good band opening. I told him I was about 80 percent done with studying for my General, and he told me to come in the following Saturday at Hattiesburg to try for my test. I took him up on the challenge, drove there to test, and passed it missing just 2 questions! Larry's a great guy. He invited me to check out his ham shack after the testing was over. His shack looks like a museum of radio. I made my first HF contacts on his radio. His folks were hams, so he grew up in the hobby. Nice contact...thanks Eric!

I just ordered it. I also ordered the Cooler stand. I can't wait. I waited two years to see everything. Should have it in a couple of years. Love the tuner and waterfall. I already have a 300-watt amp.

Thank you for another great review! Best regards to you and your subscribers on this Memorial Day. 73 de KC9MAQ in Illinois

Thanks for review!

more of these please, that looks great and affordable. thanks

Hi Eric, Appreciate taking time out of your holiday to make this video. 73 WB3BJU

@HamRadioConcepts

5 жыл бұрын

Yah man. Tomorrow, I AM GOING JETSKIING ALLLLLL DAY!!! HAHAHA

Love this guy👍👍great review

I got a G90 about a month ago and it came with a very nice manual and the mic is identical to the mic that came with my Icom IC-2730. I can't believe the contacts you can get with 20 watts.

Nice little radio!

Hello Eric your g90 is awesome it's a beautiful radio wow I'm very impressed very very impressed

Excellent review. Perfect timing based on yesterdays net discussion with k6uda. It looks like an affordable inexpensive Porsche to me.

Great Review. After seeing this and some of the reviews on this XIEGU G90, did something I probably should not have since I already have so many radios already. but this one seems to have found a niche the other ones don’t fill. I ordered one of those xiegu G90s which are on sale for $450 and I put it on the credit card Which is a quasi-QRP radio that can go up to 20 Watts but can be turned down to just a few watts if you want to save battery power. However, I like the fact that, if I have too for an emergency or just want to, I can still push it back up to the 20 Watts. It is smallish and easy to carry around. I’m getting a 60 foot wire from Chameleon that I can just throw out over some tree limbs or whatever and with a lithium ion battery and my fold up solar panels I can do cw just about anywhere I am. The reason I wanted this one is because it also very easily decodes CW. No I do not want to depend on that but in an emergency If I am kind of nervous and not copying my CW like I would like then it is nice to have that little addition. It also has an internal Antenna tuner they say is so good it could probably tune up a head of lettuce. I like that in case somehow I left my antenna behind, lost my antenna, or heaven for bid damaged the antenna that I’m carrying and have to come up with a makeshift one. Especially since It also has a great SWR graph that can help along with the internal antenna tuner if you have to build a new antenna on the quick. I think this little Xiegu G90 is going to be the cats meow if I just want to grab a bag and go quickly

screen so small but that's fine for a portable operations. thanks for showing this radio off

Great video! My G90 arrived yesterday. Will be using a MFJ-1778 G5RV Wire Antenna 80-10 Meters 102’ with it. That screen is definitely small, I’m probably going to get a magnifying screen to put in front of it. I also like that it decodes CW into text since I don’t know morse code, at least will be able to see what people are sending. I’ll probably end up buying one of those CW keyboard units in a month or so... N5BYB

Great video

Great informative video. Well done. I like the idea that the radio can do 20 watts. It makes for a great QRP as well as a low power portable radio. 20 watts is only 1 S unit down from what a 100 watt radio would give. I never run 100 watts portable. It just draws way too much current from the battery. Thanks for posting this video. Barry, KU3X/QRP

I think for those of us with shallow pockets, these radios are great. It's good to see the Chinese factories upping their game, and building on the experience of the earlier radios quickly. Audio sounds very good, and I like the DSP filtering features. Great video Eric. 73.

Just got mine today, I could not believe it tuned 80 meters on my 10meter vertical.

Triple 👍. I just got mine and pl an to take to the beach house in a couple of weeks and give it a try with my stilli in the box Wolf Coil.

@joeredd3867

4 жыл бұрын

This is my objective also....

I just bought one of these a week ago it’s a nice rig. I’ve heard nothing but positive things about these. I was going to use mine for possibly doing pota.

Thank you Sir for another great quality video. I must say Eric I'm studying my for my Ham license, because watching videos like yours others. It inspires me get on radio not just 11m. All the best from London. 73 26CT2997 😁🤘

Worked Russia with this rig. Just Awesome!!

Eric, What antenna did you use for this test? How about testing the general coverage radio part of this rig. It covers AM too. If it’s a “starter” rig for a new ham and functions well in the general coverage realm it would expose the Newbie to the other signals out there. Most of us old timers started out with general coverage radios and stumbled into ham radio by listening so this might be a good starter radio for the radio newbie/ham to be. Dave K8WPE

People I tell about this radio think it's a toy. Lol, they're gonna get a surprise. This radio is great! Had it for a week, yesterday and I am just in awe the way this radio works. The wave of the future!

Press and hold the multi function knob down, select FTT scale and you can adjust that panadapter line down for a more normal look.

the X90 is an amazing little radio !

I really liked the form factor of the 108g, but they discontinued it before I could get one. I'm glad to see this radio is basically an updated version and affordable. Will have to sneak some $$ from the boss lady and get one soon. 73....KE0OEW Mike :-)

I mentioned on another video that I won this radio in my ham club. I also have the v3 sdr dongle, how do i pair/link the 2 together on the I/Q port?? I have sdr# capabilities

The RX on these is something special. I've thought this since I saw the first video.

Sounds good. Thanks for the video. 73

Very nice video, thank you! Could you please measure how much current does this radio consume in receive and transmit modes? 73 de R2AUK

Hi Eric, Great video as usual. I bought one but my scope line is not YELLOW. I do have the latest firmware, is there a way to change the color? Also, what antenna did you use? MY recieves seems to be deaf. Could be conditions. I am using a 1/4 wave ground mounted vertical in the yard.

a prety good solution for car mount !! thanks for this radio review !! sv2mke

Hey Eric, Xeigu just released a firmware update as of Nov. 3. I wonder if you have some time to take a look at it for improvements and feature updates. I'm really interested in this radio and contemplating asking Santa this year. Regular firmware updates is important to me. Thanks for your time. 73, John - NO0I

Thx for the upload Eric. Just received my G90 Today. Been playing 20m strong stations are reporting scratchy and over modulated audio. . Did you find a sweet spot ?? Mic gain and compression ??

Question : If your tuning , on say the khz digit and hit nine will it roll the digit to the right up another number?

I only have my technician's license. Studying for generals. Good first radio to get just to listen? With an end fed antenna?

I'm thinking this is going to be my first HF radio for my ham shack. Everything I'm seeing on this is nothing but positive. There are so many different directions you can go with it and it seems so easy to operate. I'd probably go with an external speaker, but I'm liking everything I'm seeing. I might end up with this radio within the next month or so. Probably before Christmas. It'll be my present to me. With as inexpensive as I've been seeing them, one of these might be a decent present for my parents, too. They got me into amateur radio, so why not get them into HF?!

Hi Eric, fine review as usual, i always enjoy your videos :) Just some nitpick stuff: at 11:15 and 11:47 (on 20m), i saw the SWR meter showing a higher level then back to normal, is this your antenna or the rig itself? 73, Chris ha7wx

Xiegu are producing an external 5 inch screen for the G90. Not sure on the release date. Fred VE3FAL is in regular contact with Xiegu as is Wayne 2E0BVJ.

@tjlin72

4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to output the display to a monitor? Or an App on a PC/Tablet? A newbie here trying to learn. Thanks

Nice work if you can get it!.

Ordered one. Now, I got a back of the set antenna, you may have already tested with other Xiegus. Nor for a permanent solution, but do you think this antenna can work for portable and or testing? The antenna is an MFJ-1899T. Thanks.

At 9:26 Filter Bandwidth adjustment is for RX only or TX/RX?

The manual says to turn off the tuner function when xmitting, does anyone know what the ramifications are of leaving the tuner function on??

Mexico City from West Virginia, 20watts, 55 signal. Not bad!

I was sitting here watching the video and I heard ALPHA GOLF 5 ZULU! And I was like hey thats Larry in Purvis! Hahah Another fine MS ham. Thanks for the review. I've been looking at these rigs for POTA/Camping or short trips. - K5OP

Hi , does this model support digital modes?Did you try connect to PC? Thank you for your videos

Good video. Fum Thanks I think I need one of these. I'm not sure why but .... It's Ham radio.

Well, just had a 57 signal to France from West Virginia. Wow, what a radio!!!

@joeredd3867

4 жыл бұрын

Wow is right... I'm in WV

@josephcoberly6495

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more Joe. I've been having a blast with this radio. Got the CE-19 today and the cooling fan stand. They compliment the radio nicely and the stand is just awesome. Xiegu is going to do great with this outfit.

Very good video, I too just ordered one. My XYL does know. HI

Great video, thank you How is this radio for a noob…? Too busy or pretty user friendly…? I’d like to use this in a backcountry setup… thx

I am new to this. If I buy one of these.. what kind of antenna/set up would i need to make these kind of distance contacts.

Hlo... i jst want to knw if the power output is Adjustable... for example... 1 to 20 watts or anywhere in between as needed as to conserve Batt juice spcially on camping trips ... Tnx, 73s de n6mmq

I have been playing with mine for a couple of weeks now, just waiting on a new battery to go /P. The RX audio is fantastic!

@amateurtech736

5 жыл бұрын

Would you say this would be a good cheap maritime mobile rig as I'm looking for one?

@Alan2E0KVRKing

5 жыл бұрын

@@amateurtech736 I am more than happy with mine, getting good reports so far. It's a good mobile rig, just add a battery and antenna.

@joeredd3867

4 жыл бұрын

Very glad to hear this..... I just ordered mine today....

Eric are all of the buttons supposed to be illuminated, especially on the right hand side?

Eric, Just got 1. Is it possible to add Linear Amps for this radio? Where to connect? thank you. 73. DU7F

When you're talking about the radio it would be nice to also have some power measurements, does the radio really give 20Watts eg. Great talk about the radio, tnx

know nothing about this stuff. If I buy this unit, what else do I need to buy to make it work correctly? Thanks, Florida Keys

Getting it past the wife we need a review on that, its difficult deleating all the emails!

UNBOXING RANT! Love it! FT8 is great for a few hours, but then it's time to move on with life, and to escape a mode that is increasingly encroaching on adjacent modes - apparently without care. I'm looking at this radio right now. Can't decide whether to buy it or not. Sounds clean on the other videos. de Mike NG2F (Fenton is my pseudonym. I write books for a living) p.s. Are you in Fort Myers? Your call sounds very familiar. I suppose I could just look it up. Duh. Thanks for the review!

I am curious how is the modulation on the AM mode?

Looking to purchase one of these. Thanks for the info. Great job. KS4QF.

Hello From France Can you tell me how much cost this one , on your démo , and if we got the B L U blank

Great vídeo. 7351. This radio have 11 meters, 27mhz?

Great video.Is there any frequency drift on the radio?

It's a good video, congratulations . How long could the battery last? Do you think it is better than the FT-817, except for the battery and the display?

@clayjones2370

5 жыл бұрын

This one doesn't have a battery.

@TXLorenzo

5 жыл бұрын

It consumes around . 6 amp on receive. Your battery mileage may vary.

Great video! How well does the internal atu perform? What modes has it got?

@TXLorenzo

5 жыл бұрын

The tuner works great. I work both voice and digital with great results.

I Like the American and Japanese Ham Radios,

Any rig control software or speech synth options upgrades in the works? Great little radio...I'm one of your visually impaired subscribers and with all the new radios coming out of China, few of the HF rigs have the kind of voice prompts or speech feedback like most of the dual band handhelds do. Even just frequency and S-meter voice output would make it pretty accessible.

@TXLorenzo

5 жыл бұрын

You can use rig control. I use Ham Radio Deluxe with it just fine.

Is MFJ also a factory authorized repair center if there is a problem with the G90? If not who and where are they? 73 Paul K1YOU

Hey men like your videos i got a ?? I got my eyes on g90 any idea in antenna for this radio because as i know antenna tunner on it its ok

@1OFGODSOWN

3 жыл бұрын

A TUNNER is a TUNER here where I live because we have No Idea what a TUNNER is. LOL {:>)

I want one. Why did I stumble across this? I can't really afford it right now. But I want one. LOL Update: Ok, I ordered one from MFJ. Hope I like it. Nice that I could buy one from a well known American company. :-)

Will this unit work onboard a sailboat?

Gets good. Device turned on: 6:48

When is the G90 vs IC 705 comparison?

KC4TVZ are a legend. A Voice beacon.

@radioshenanigans5711

5 жыл бұрын

ROFL when i seen that part on the video i started cracking up..

@martijndekeijzer

4 жыл бұрын

CQ 10 10 CQ 10 10 that what he was calling a couple of years ago ;) 73 from The Netherlands ;) (PD2NLX)

I wonder if you can use your computer for a bigger display and controlling the radio instead of using the small display on the control head?

Fascinating radio. Who says you need more than 20 watts to make contacts. Lol

@wushock92

5 жыл бұрын

@HamRadioConcepts, you, Josh (Ham Radio Crash Course) and Robert (Robert Nagy) have me sold on adding this radio to my 'inventory.' It has everything I'd like (waterfall; spectrum scope; SWR/antenna analyzer; ATU) in a small, affordable package. Add a power supply and an MFJ -2104 antenna system and my go kit will be well on its way. And I might be able to fit is all into the Apache 3800 case I already have instead of springing for a Road Case USA 6U unit. GOSH, I love this hobby!!

Just ordered a G90 a few hours ago.

@MyTube4Utoo

4 жыл бұрын

Got my G90 yesterday, and it's a fantastic little radio!

I contacted a ham on the air; he was using this model. His transmit audio was very poor and his signal was very wide. If this is typical I don't know they got FCC type acceptance. I know this was only one example but make sure you know what you are getting.

Dose it work on 11 meters