Xiegu released another updated firmware for the X6100: APP 1.1.9 & BASE 1.1.8, dated 2024-09-23.
- I downloaded it from Radioddity, and wrote it to an SD card:
$ sudo dd if=sdcard.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M status=progress
- I booted the new card for the app upgrade to 1.1.9,
- I applied baseband 1.1.8 from the menu in the UI.
- I tried the CW key in the stock firmware, and it transmitted (unlike last time).
- I booted back to R1CBU, and it looked good there as well.
I did a little FT8, decoded some CW, and listened to some SSB on 40m. I found I could to turn the RF Gain closer to 100 instead of below 63. It may be reading slightly lower power on the display before ALC kicks in: up to but not over the 5W, where it used to often push a little past.
It’ll stay.