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HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER, HAD TAKEN ORDERING IN HOUSE AND
ESTABLISHED A PAYPAL ACCOUNT.  THE ORDER WENT SMOOTHLY, BUT WITH THE
COVID PANDEMIC, THE SHIPMENT GOT DELAYED AT THE PORT FOR A WEEK.  IN
3 WEEKS, TWO LARGE ORANGE CYLINDERS AND A BOX WERE DELIVERED TO MY
DRIVEWAY.  WHILE I HAD BEEN WAITING ON THE SHIPMENT, WALDEK, SP7GXP,
FROM GXP ANTENNAS, HAD SENT AHEAD THE DIRECTIONS MORE ON THIS LATER
AND TOLD ME TO REPORT ANY DAMAGE.  HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE PIPES
WOULD BE PACKE OPERATING THE X6100 AS YOU CAN SEE IN FIGURE 3, THE
DISPLAY IS QUITE EASY TO READ AND PROVIDES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
SIMULTANEOUS INFORMATION.  VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS
SHOWN INCLUDING THE RECEIVE SPECTRUM, FILTER BANDWIDTH, WATERFALL,
AND ALL THE DIFFERENT OPERATING PARAMETERS.  THE CONTROLS AND
BUTTONS ARE PRETTY MUCH SELF EXPLANATORY, THOUGH THE DUAL FUNCTION
BUTTONS AND CONTROLS NEED A BIT MORE EXPLAINING.  THE SIX BUTTONS AT
TOPSIDE RIGHT SEE FIGURE 4 ARE DUAL FUNCTION.  THE NORMAL FUNCTION,
DISPLAYED ON THE BUTTON, IS ENABLED BY TAPPING THE BUTTON.  THE
SECONDARY FUNCTION, AS LABELED ABOVE OR BELOW THE BUTTON, IS ENABLED
BY PRESSING AND HOLDING THE BUTTON.  AS AN EXAMPLE, TO ENABLE THE
ATU AUTOMATIC TUNER, TAP THE ATU BUTTON.  FOR THE ATU TO TUNE, PRESS
AND HOLD THE ATU BUTTON.  THE VOLUME CONTROL, WHEN TAPPED, CHANGES
FUNCTION FROM AF GAIN TO RF GAIN, TO SQUELCH.  CW OPERATION THEN IT
WAS TIME TO HAVE FUN WITH THE X6100.  I BEGAN WITH MY FAVORITE MODE
CW.  TAPPING THE KEY BUTTON PERMITS YOU TO ADJUST KEYING SPEED, KEY
TYPE, IAMBIC KEYER MODE, CW TONE FREQUENCY, AND MONITOR TONE LEVEL.
TAP KEY AGAIN AND YOU CAN SET THE BREAK IN TIME DELAY, THE DOT/DASH
RATIO, AND TURN THE CW TRAINER ON AND OFF.  THE INTERNAL KEYER SPEED
RANGE IS 5 50 WPM.  SINCE I ADJUST KEYING SPEED FREQUENTLY, I
NORMALLY LEAVE THE KEY1 MENU UP.  YOU CAN SELECT EITHER CW OR CWR
REVERSE WITH THE CW MODE KEY ON THE TOP OF THE RADIO.  THERE ARE
THREE DEFAULT FILTER BANDWIDTHS 500 HZ, 250 HZ, AND 150 HZ.  EACH OF
THESE FILTER BANDWIDTHS CAN BE READJUSTED TO SUIT THE USER.  BREAK
IN DELAY CAN BE SET FROM 0 1 SECONDS IN 10 MS INCREMENTS.  HOWEVER,
THE DELAY WILL NEVER BE LESS THAN 100 MS DUE TO THE SDR SIGNAL
PROCESSING LATENCY.  I SET THE BREAK IN DELAY TO 250 MS TO MINIMIZE
THE T/R RELAY CLICKING.  I OPERATED CW ON 40, 30, AND 20 METERS.
THE CW REPORTS WERE ALL EXCELLENT, WITH NO REPORTS OF KEY CLICKS OR
CHIRPS.  SSB OPERATION I OPERATED SSB A BIT ON 40 METERS, BUT MOSTLY
ON 20 AND 17 METERS.  TEN W IS A PRETTY MARGINAL POWER LEVEL FOR SSB
ON 40 METERS, BUT IT IS REASONABLY EFFECTIVE ON THE HIGHER BANDS.
THE THREE SSB DEFAULT RECEIVE FILTER BANDWIDTHS ARE 2700 HZ, 2400
HZ, AND 1800 HZ.  AGAIN, THE FILTER BANDWIDTHS CAN BE MODIFIED
EASILY IF DESIRED.  ALL TRANSMIT AUDIO REPORTS WERE COMPLIMENTARY.
THERE IS NO SPEECH PROCESSOR YET, AND THE ONLY TRANSMIT ADJUSTMENT
YOU CAN MAKE IS MICROPHONE GAIN.  DIGITAL MODES THE X6100 CAN BE
OPERATED WITH A COMPUTER AND SOUND CARD FOR RTTY, PSK, JT65, OR ANY
OF THE OTHER POPULAR DIGITAL MODES.  THE COMPUTER
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