The X6100 is a HF and 50MHz transceiver. It is a budget alternative to IC-705 if you do not need VHF/UHF bands.
I tried FT8 on it for a few days.
Good
- Relatively low price
- Bright LCD screen
- The firmware is not locked down.
- Internal battery
- Built-in USB interface
- Built-in antenna tuner
- A large community, many hams have the transceiver.
- alternative R1CBU firmware.
- The manufacture is still adding new features like wfserver to the firmware.
Bad
- Changing receiver options is tedious due to the untouchable screen.
- hamlib's CAT control can be buggy at times.
- Built-in USB interface lacks isolation. Noise from computers would get into the receiver.
- Only 5W output on internal battery.
- It supports WiFi but I never succeeded in connecting to one.
- The CW decoder never worked for me.
- Some birdies exist.
Update in Nov 2023,
I sold the transceiver because I lost interest in QRP HF.
