Upgrade
I upgraded to R1CBU 0.32.2. It tested fine with WSJT-X.
It has a new IF-shift feature to move birdies in the menu, but it was “unavailable” on the old base firmware I was running, so I had to upgrade to Base 1.1.9:
- https://www.radioddity.com/pages/xiegu-download
- write the image to an SD card
- boot it
- let it restart
- apply the base 1.1.9 upgrade from the system / firmware menu on the stock firmware
Upgrading the base to 1.1.9 went OK
after figuring out some issues
with a bad /dev/sdb device handle
on my Linux notebook.
New Features
Now I can “IF Shift” when I find a birdie near or in the passband I’m trying to hear. It binds nicely to the bottom MFK for quick access.
This firmware continues to work for FT8. I tested power output with CW as well, since there was a note about needing to applying an output gain.
It’s nice to see the discrete values from the graphs also on the screen: received signal, TX power, SWR.
I’ve been experimenting for a while with 2 stop bits in flrig
to get the initial connection to succeed more often.
Sometimes it helps, and sometimes it doesn’t.
I was hoping this update may help,
but there’s no difference.
I’ll go back to 1 stop bit.