{"id":44131,"date":"2020-07-03T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44131"},"modified":"2020-07-03T10:23:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:23:58","slug":"upgrade-the-encoder-on-your-xiegu-g90-for-about-8-00-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/upgrade-the-encoder-on-your-xiegu-g90-for-about-8-00-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade the encoder on your Xiegu G90 for about $8.00 US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44133\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-2.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-2-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-2-768x400.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-2-624x325.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Shortly after posting some of my <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/the-xiegu-g90-as-a-shortwave-broadcast-band-receiver\/\">initial impressions of the Xiegu G90<\/a>, <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Guy Atkins, encouraged me to upgrade the stock G90 tuning knob\/encoder with one that is highly recommended by the G90 community.<\/p>\n<p>While I didn&#8217;t really have an issue with the stock plastic knob, I couldn&#8217;t resist a larger, slightly heavier aluminium encoder with a dimple.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43785\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43785\" class=\"wp-image-43785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA-1024x609.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA-768x457.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Xiegu-G90-Front-Panel-POTA-624x371.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stock G90 encoder knob (before pic)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m so happy I splurged for this $8 upgrade. Not only is the encoder much easier to use now, but it also gives the G90 a proper face-lift:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44132\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44132\" class=\"wp-image-44132 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-1-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-1-768x466.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Encoder-1-624x379.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The upgraded aluminium G90 encoder knob (after pic)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thanks so much for the tip, Guy! I, too, highly recommend this affordable upgrade!<\/p>\n<p>Get your upgraded encoder knob from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5338695457&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F174325186704%3FViewItem%3D%26item%3D174325186704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eBay @ $7.90 US shipped<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YTlHHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon.com @ $8.40 shipped<\/a> <\/strong>(affiliate links)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after posting some of my initial impressions of the Xiegu G90, SWLing Post contributor, Guy Atkins, encouraged me to upgrade the stock G90 tuning knob\/encoder with one that is highly recommended by the G90 community. While I didn&#8217;t really have an issue with the stock plastic knob, I couldn&#8217;t resist a larger, slightly heavier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,545,3,43],"tags":[8576,3446,4731,8575,8635,8636],"class_list":["post-44131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-g90","tag-guy-atkins","tag-xiegu","tag-xiegu-g90","tag-xiegu-g90-encoder-knob","tag-xiegu-g90-tuning-knob"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-btN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45108,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/a-review-of-the-xiegu-g90-general-coverage-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":44131,"position":0},"title":"A review of the Xiegu G90 general coverage transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"September 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The following review of the Xiegu G90 originally appeared in the August 2020 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine: A comprehensive review of the Xiegu G90 general coverage transceiver My coming of age in the world of radio was during the era of big US and Japanese radio manufacturers.\u00a0 Icom,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Field Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Field Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/field-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2007-scaled-e1598976156685.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2007-scaled-e1598976156685.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2007-scaled-e1598976156685.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2007-scaled-e1598976156685.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44581,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/which-would-you-choose-as-a-first-radio-the-icom-ic-7300-or-xiegu-g90\/","url_meta":{"origin":44131,"position":1},"title":"Which would you choose as a first radio&#8211;the Icom IC-7300 or Xiegu G90?","author":"Thomas","date":"August 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who writes: This came to me from a friend; he is curious about choosing between the Xiegu G90 and the Icom IC-7300 for his first rig. He has money to buy the Icom which is $999 right now after rebates, but wants to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yaesu-FT-891-e1596283864838.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yaesu-FT-891-e1596283864838.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yaesu-FT-891-e1596283864838.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yaesu-FT-891-e1596283864838.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43819,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/the-xiegu-g90-as-a-shortwave-broadcast-band-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":44131,"position":2},"title":"The Xiegu G90 as a shortwave broadcast band receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"June 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"After publishing a couple of posts about the Xiegu G90 QRP transceiver, I've gotten a number of inquiries from readers asking about the G90's ability to receive AM broadcasts. 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