Xiegu G-90 setup for WSJT-X and Winlink
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- A How-To video documenting settings that I used to configure WSJT-X and Winlink Express to work with the Xiegu G-90 using the CE-19 breakout box.
"VARA" is a High Performance HF modem in software, not hardware. Winlink requires a modem to operate and, from what I've seen, they're typically expensive hardware devices. "VARA HF" provides the modem functionality in software, not hardware, so you don't have to buy the expensive hardware modem. The creator of VARA is a fellow ham, EA5HVK from a town near Cartagena in Spain. You can read more about it and download the latest version of the VARA software at K0PIR's site here: www.k0pir.us/v....
The other program mentioned in the video is called "FLRIG". It is nothing more than a rig control program that can run standalone and that enables you to configure transceiver controls from your Windows PC. You can read & download FLRIG from here: www.softpedia.... Hope that this helps, 73!
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Hope that this helps, 73!
I see you took the easy way out! I'm over here getting prepped to build that Y-Cable! lol great video with a real focus on the radio rather than bouncing over to the computer too soon
I searched the internet for about a month to figure out how to wire the Xiegu G-90 with the
CE-19 expansion card.
Thank you for making simple.
Thank you for your comment and best of luck! 73.
Outstanding now to update the G 90. Have to check the manual
73 KQ4CD Paul
This was a very concise and well thought out video from beginning to end. I bought an xggcomms but it never worked and now my computer doesn't even recognize it. Makes me think it's fried.
So now I'm going down the path of the CE-19 and I'm very thankful for finding your video. I'm gonna be adventurous and use the supplied cables, I think I get what I need to do. Thanks again and 73!
Beat of luck! 73!
Thanks! The info at 10:31 made my G90 work first try using a digirig.
Thank you! Your video really makes the setting up of G90 digital mode super easy to understand. I took out all my gear and got everything set- up and ready to try out tomorrow. Subbed.
Excellent news! Best of luck in your experiment tomorrow. 73!
Nice video. I fix my winlink with my new Xeigu G90 and CE-19 Thank you.
Great video, sir. I bought the CE-19 with my G-90, but I had so many wires - even after I shortened the cables I soldered, there was always a "rat's nest" - so I bought a USB soundcard+cat module from xggcomms ... although the CE-19 worked well with the PC sound card, the xggcomms unit was a better solution for me, and I recommend it over the CE-19 for hams not using the XPA125.
Agree.. I have the Xggcomms 4 and works very well.
Thank you for the comment. I can definitely sympathize with the cable issue and am glad that you found a solution that works for you. For me, the CE-19 was at the right price point and gives me a way to run FT8 or Winlink if I need to. 73!
What is the xggcomms. This technology is going to make me crazy
73 KQ4CD Paul
@@paulhastings3109 Paul, I believe that the "xggcomms Digimode 4" is a different interface box that's similar to the CE-19 which I showed in this video. It's a bit pricier than the CE19 but folks mention that if you use it, you'll have less cables to deal with. 73.
Excellent and thorough video! Thank you for doing this. After reviewing the wiring diagram on the CE-19, I thought that I could make the connections by using common audio cables that are already available on the market and you proved that. Thanks for saving me some time. I don't mind soldering but now I know I don't have to. Also, thanks for showing how to configure the software too! Very helpful!! 73!!!
Thank you for the comment. I'm glad the video helped out and all the best in your project! 73.
Thank you for the video, With this info I just ordered an G-90 Wish me luck!
Thank you for the comment. The Xiegu G90 is indeed a very good radio. It has low current consumption on receive, a very good antenna tuner, and a CW decoder that comes in handy. I would recommend that you also look into the xggcomms digimode-4 as a possible replacement to the CE-19 if you wish to work FT8 mode. It uses less cabling and currently lists for $100 so it should be considered. Best of luck and 73.
Maravilloso ese cable
Macho a macho con tres posiciones, me olvido de estar tratando de soldar una pasta de cables, iré a comprar ese cable ahora mismo, gracias por el vídeo.
Gracias por el comentario. Buena suerte con su proyecto! 73.
Thank you, the best explanatory video on the topic! :)
Glad it was helpful! The Xiegu G90 is a great little radio. 73!
This is the best video out for this set up
Good video, thank you for making it. It seems to me, and correct me if I'm wrong, that if you used a USB soundcard with one TRRS connector instead of your Logitech adapter with two outputs, you could probably use just one TRS to TRS male to male cable as you show and plug it into CE-19 as you show it. Same setup, just less cables and connectors, at least on the PC side of setup. I think this could work, or do you see a reason why it wouldn't ?
Thank you for the comment. You're probably right in your suggestion. I don't know enough to say that the setup you mention won't work. It may work just fine. I'd say test it out and experiment. My approach was to get these bits of hardware to work. Once they worked, I didn't experiment further. I simply put my cables/CE-19/etc. in a ready bag which lives in my emergency backpack. Just in case! 73!
@@quantumradio I completely understand, I might try it out and see if it works. I happen to have one very small USB sound card with just one TRRS 3.5mm output. I generally like to minimize the setups to the least amount of components. I'll also 3D print some nice little box for the CE-19, it's too "naked" for my taste.
Спасибо 👍
Thank you VERY much for this video!! IT clears up a number of questions I had. But I am still a bit puzzled why Xiegu would make the CE-19 kit an "incomplete" kit. It looks like I have to buy some kind of USB sound card thingie and a microphone/audio splitter AND a male to male three conductor 3.5mm cable.
My laptop has a 3.5mm microphone jack and a 3.5mm stereo audio (headphone) jack. Can I make use of those or do I have to get the USB audio dongle?
Also, for some strange reason, the Xiegu kit comes with three 3.5mm three conductor male plugs that have three wires hanging out from the other end of the cables. What am I supposed to do with these? Can I just twist the same colored wires together from two of these and use this to connect AF-CON to my headphone 3.5mm jack in my laptop??
Thank you for the comment. I believe that the CE-19 kit was designed to go from the AF-CON port into the two different jacks on your laptop: mike jack & headphone jack. In my case, my laptop has a single combo jack so I opted to split the line so I could use my USB "crossover" or sound card. This way I could get the audio in/out of the laptop using my USB connector. I'd used it with my headset so I knew it worked for audio in/out.
Again, I don't think that you'd need to use a USB sound card. It was just the way I solved my connection problem.
Best of luck & 73!
Other than changing line to microphone setting what other settings do you change to go back to using the hand microphone? Bay the way great video.
Thanks for the comment. Changing the INPUT from LINE to MIC is all that I change when going back to using the hand microphone. I also take out the two cables (ACC and CAT control) from the G90 when going back to using the Microphone. Hope that helps and best of luck in your project, 73!
Thanks for your video, I see a problem and would like an explanation:
The plugs to the USB sound card are stereo, aren't they? The Y cable leads to a socket that is 4-pin stereo? What else can't you buy?
You now plug in a 3-pin plug.
When I measure that, I only have a connection to the headphones and ground, the micro only has a ground, otherwise no connection.
How can this work?
Thank you for the comment. Yes, the 4pin socket receives the 3.5mm (TRS) male connector and channels AF OUT and AF IN to the proper place in the USB connector. The goal is to get the AF OUT signals into the laptop and the signals from the laptop into AF IN.
Great video, thanks! How to setup the ALC on the right amount on the G90?
Thank you for the comment. I am not sure how to do this setup beyond what's shown in the video. Maybe changing the Aux In volume level in the G90 would be something to experiment with. 73.
I don't have 8 pin mini DIN (CAT) cable. Can you tell me the pin out on it please? Is it a straight though cable? I found the pin out for the G90 but not for the C-19. Is it a cable used on other equipment?
Thank you for the comment. Unfortunately, I don't have this info. The cable I used was the one included when I purchased the C-19, and that's the one I've always used.
Great instructive videoClear and concise May I ask where i can find the auio splitter you are using? Thanks 73 W8RLP
Thank you for the comment. I would try amazon.com or your local best buy/electronics store. These are the amazon links to ones similar to what I used:
a.co/d/1UeRrxU
a.co/d/aogudE9
Best of luck & 73!
I dont use WinLink, only ft8. How do I determine if my ALC is overdriven? I see in a lot of cases it is at 100%
Ken, thank you for the question. I've also seen the ALC readout in the Xiegu G90 pegging at 100% sometimes. If I'm running FT8, I lower the power slider and that seems to help. 73!
I am having a hard time trying to find the dimensions of this radio without the headunit attached to it.
Please help :(
Hello. I just measured the distance from the front of the radio, where the head unit joins the body, to the back guard and it's 7 7/8 inch long. Now the white power plug sticks out the back a bit so when I measured from the head/body juncture to the back of the white power plug, I got 8 1/4 inches. Yea the back guard doesn't protect the power supply plug too well, which is weird. Hope that helps. 73!
@@quantumradio OMG THANK YOU! :D
I know nothing about "vara" and "rig" - please explain what they are and how they are used with WSJT-X.
Thank you!
Thank you for the comment. "VARA" is a High Performance HF modem in software, not hardware. Winlink requires a modem to operate and, from what I've seen, they're typically expensive hardware devices. "VARA HF" provides the modem functionality in software, not hardware, so you don't have to buy the expensive hardware modem. The creator of VARA is a fellow ham, EA5HVK from a town near Cartagena in Spain. You can read more about it and download the latest version of the VARA software at K0PIR's site here: www.k0pir.us/vara-winlink-express-e-mail-over-hf/.
The other program mentioned in the video is called "FLRIG". It is nothing more than a rig control program that can run standalone and that enables you to configure transceiver controls from your Windows PC. You can read & download FLRIG from here: www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Flrig.shtml
WSJT-X doesn't require VARA but I found it easier to talk to my XIEGU G90 transceiver via FLRIG than directly. Essentially WSJT-X in your PC interacts with a "software radio" called FLRIG and FLRIG does the work behind the scenes to tell your XIEGU G90 what to do. So FLRIG is a middle man between WSJT-X and your G90.
Hope that this helps, 73!
@@quantumradio Many thanks!
Do you suggest PSK31 or FT8?
@@usernamemykel Hello, I have used FT8 quite a bit but never could get PSK31 to run.
@@quantumradio well then, I’ll pursue FT8, thanks!
wow
would this device work with a Yaesu FT-891?
Unfortunately my knowledge of the Yaesu FT 891 is not sufficient to answer the question. Best of luck & 73!
It's pronounced she-eh' gu.
Thank you for the comment. My pronunciation slips sometimes. 73.
Or zī - goo
@@theranger2185 not really...
Who cares? I've heard it pronounced several different ways. As long as we know what's being discussed, that's all that really matters.
@@ivandubinsky1857 well, I do. If you want to know why, feel free to ask.
Great Video thank you so much. DE NM3W
Hello Vince. Glad it was helpful. They’re both great radios. The G90 is what I’m taking on POTA activations though since it’s more portable and current thrifty.
@@quantumradio I ordered everything and will be playing with it this week. Thanks so much again.
@@quantumradio So I received all my stuff and hooked up exactly like you said. No issues, all worked out like a champ. Thanks again. The only issue I'm having is getting the cw keyer to work. Do you have any info or guidance on this. Don't want to be a pain.
Vince
@@vinceb9310 Hi Vince. Connect your CW key's 3.5mm stereo jack into the green female connection at the back of the G90, the one closest to the antenna SO 239. Power on your G90 and click on the Key button (right hand side second from bottom) 2 times until you get to "M/L/R" & make sure it's set to "MAN". Finally click on the Key button 2 more times and make sure "QSK" is set to ON. You're set for CW ops now. Hope that helps. 73!
@@quantumradio Thanks again So Much. I'll try it tomorrow and let you know....