Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

China is coming up fast in the amateur radio market. There is a lot of interest in the new Xiegu G7250 transceiver.

Xiegu has announced the G7250 transceiver. At one time Chinese radios were considered inferior to Japanese transceivers. Quality has improve...

It looks like the Chinese (?) manufacturers are coming up fast.  This tiny 5W HF transceiver is available new from Martin Lynch in the UK fo...

The DX Explorer YouTube channel has a video on the Xiegu G106 QRP rig. The rig is a very compact 5W QRP transceiver. It very modestly priced...

Steve G1KQH has pointed out that MLS has significantly reduced the price of this 5W SDR based HF rig.  It was good value before, but even...

Yet again, I am puzzled how they do this for the price.  Just over £193 pays for a 5W all mode SDR transceiver. You pay a little more for sh...

In this month's Practical Wireless is a review of the Chinese Xiegu X6100 transceiver. Like many things made in China, quality still se...

These are coming thick and fast now and I suspect the Japanese are very worried. It may still be a few years before they are a really go...