The Radio Today Guide to the Xiegu X6200 Book

This book includes useful tips and tricks for the configuration and operation of the Xiegu X6200 QRP transceiver. Rather than duplicate the manual which describes each button, function, and control, I have used a more functional approach. This is a “how to do it” book with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.

My first impression was that the radio is well constructed and quite heavy at 930g. It has an excellent 4” (100 mm) display which is very crisp and bright, although it is not a touchscreen. The five ‘screen control’ buttons along the bottom of the display provide access to a variety of menu items that change when you press one of the six function buttons above the MFK (multi-function knob).

I was very impressed that the radio supports filter bandwidth control, RIT (receiver incremental tuning), an antenna tuner, a noise blanker (NB), noise reduction (NR), and a digital notch filter (DNF). There is even a built-in microphone and PTT (press to talk) button in case you don’t want to use the supplied microphone. Commonly used functions like changing the band and mode are controlled by buttons rather than menu commands.