XIEGU G90 User manual

Portable HF SDR Transceiver
G90
Operaon manual

Ultra-Miniature 24 Bit SDR
V1.01.00
April 2019

Basic Features
Panel Buons
Front Panel
Side Panels
Rear Panel
Connector Pin-Outs
MIC Buons
External Power Connecon
LCD Display
Power On/Off
Bands Selecon
Operang MODE Selecon
Volume Adjustment
Mul-funcon Adjustment Knob
Adjusng Transmit Power
Seng Operaon Frequency
Automac Antenna Tuner
Funcon Buons
VFO and Split (SPL) Operaon
CW Transmission
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SWR Scanner
Digital Bandwidth Filter
Line Input /Output Selecon
Channel Memories
Seng Boot Screen Callsign
System Menu
PC Data Comm. Connecons
System Parameter Sengs
Computer Control Instrucons
Band/Voltage Output for Ext. Amp
Specificaons
Packing Ltems List
G90 and XPA125B Connecon Diagram
CE-19 Expansion Card Interface
Copyright Statement
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Basic Features
The G90 is a portable 20W HF SDR amateur radio transceiver with built-in auto
antenna tuner. The display unit and the radio can be separated. It is a new
member of the Xiegu product family and the first model of the new “G” series.
The G90 is a 24-bit 48kHz sampling rate SDR. It has excellent TX/RX performance
and a highly configurable user interface.
High performance front end with narrowband pre-selecon filters
Covers the frequency range of 0.5~30MHz, SSB/CW/AM/ FM*
1.8 inch - high brightness color TFT LCD screen
±24k bandwidth spectrum and waterfall display
Soware defined RX bandpass filters (CW mode down to 50Hz)
Detachable Front display unit
Up to 20W RF power output
Built-in wide range automac antenna tuner
Extensive Input / Output connecons
Baseband I/Q output. Interface with any external device that can handle
baseband I/Q, including sound card-based or PC-based applicaons.
Please read this manual fully before operaon so as to get a good understanding
of the G90’s capabilies and funcons.
The FM mode can only be turned on when the GSOC controller is used together.

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Panel Buons
1 Volume knob
2 Power/ Receive or transming status pilot lamp
3 Power switch
4 Mul-funcon adjustment Knob
Turn to control the speaker volume.
Short Press In: Switches to headphone output mode.
Standby/receive status: Yellow-green
Transming status: Red
Press In to boot up & start radio.
With Radio On: Press In and hold to shut down.
Default state: Turning this knob will step at 100 kHz.
Press and hold this knob to select Custom Funcons.
5-6 Mode switching
TX/RX Mode switching.
7-8 BAND Switching
Change Bands.
9 FUNC Indicator light
When the funcon buon is pressed, this LED will light yellow to indicate
you are using the alternate funcons of the other control buons.
10 △ F Indicator light
This LED will light yellow when you have CW tuned into the correct pitch.
It will blink in sync with the incoming CW characters.
11 Main Knob
Operang this knob will change the current frequency. (VFO)