We’re back in the hills! An adventure up Quartz Knoll near Queenstown, New Zealand to do some low power QRP radio for Summits on the Air in spectacular conditions!
Enjoy! – ZL4RA
Radio gear used:
Elecraft KX2 transceiver
End Fed Random Wire
Summit: https://sotl.as/summits/ZL3/OT-318
SOTA / Summits on the Air – QRP radio adventures in New Zealand’s South Island.
After posting my video on whether or not the Xiegu X6100 was real or fake I found a post on QRPer.com by Thomas Witherspoon that says it is a real radio but not available at this time. He goes on to say what information that he has confirmed, check out his site!
link to QRP.com, https://qrper.com/2021/06/the-new-xiegu-x6100-portable-hf-transceiver-yes-its-real-and-no-its-not-vaporware/
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Jack Arnold, KD4UEE, and his son are extras and go camping and hiking often, and they love to bring a dual band HTs to talk on during these trips but I doesn’t always work the best. They ask what Dave’s suggestion is on small, light, effective antennas for this situation?
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Some rumor news that hopefully is true ! Xiegu may be updating the 5105 with a new model that seems to have some great upgrades!
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This looks like a pretty amazing rig. I’m very very interested in what this radio will eventually turn out to be. Linux in a Shack in a box? USB-C? Portable Digital Modes… Just leave it running while driving around town with some Ham Sticks?
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