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AdventureCruiser
Приєднався 31 гру 2006
Just a guy sharing ideas, inspiration, and good times.
Check out my other channel, Radio Aficionado @Radio-Aficioinado
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NEXT level security issues?
Could this modern push for LTE enabled radios be our Achilles’ heel? How secure are they really?
The Motorola NEXT and ION are incredible radios, but if they are android based, are they more vulnerable than traditional radios?
The Motorola NEXT and ION are incredible radios, but if they are android based, are they more vulnerable than traditional radios?
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PPG Smoke headset is one of the coolest new radio accessories I've seen in a long time
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Not affiliated link to the headset ppgsmoke.com/products/headset PTT Button amzn.to/3ZcAMC6
How do you listen to a trunked radios system with BK KNG and BKR radio? True non-affiliate scanning.
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This video is the same as the one I uploaded a year ago, but with a better color image. Sorry about that. BK radios are by far the best option for non-affiliate scanning. You get all the quality of a public safety radio with all the security of a scanner. No chance at all that you will interfere with emergency traffic. Enjoy!
This inexpensive radio has a really important place in my radio barn and here's why.
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Sometimes there are reasons for less expensive radios, this is one of many I've found so far. Buy your own TID Radio through this affiliate link tidradio.com/?ref=AdventureCruiser receive an extra 10% off using the code "Adventure" at checkout
What radios do I bring camping?
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This past week I got away from it all and went camping in Big Sur. These are the radios I chose to use for the week. The KNG makes a great adventure radio, especially since the AA battery pack is the same size as a rechargeable battery. The Rocky Talkie is fantastic as it is simple enough for kids to use, and I’m not worried if kids break them. Get your very own Rocky Talkie here: rockytalkie.p...
BK Technologies TMR-400 ultimate GMRS base station
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I found an absolutely intriguing radio on eBay recently, and I’m planning on turning it into a camping GMRS base station.
Adding features to Kenwood Viking VP8000 through Vault
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Hey everybody, please join me in exploring the intricacies of adding features to a VP 8000. To be clear I’ve never done this before, but I figured if I can do it, you can do it and I might as well be the blind man leading the blind. 
Is the TIDRadio any better than a Baofeng? Let's take them both apart and compare.
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I really didn't want to like this radio, but after taking both apart I firmly believe that the the TIDRadio TH-H3 is better built than the Baofeng. I also can't believe I'm about two make this statement, but I actually really like this little TH-H3 radio.
How do I know if my radio will explode? Taking apart an APX6000 to verify it’s safe.
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In light of the recent exploding pagers and radios I was inspired to disassemble and reassemble it. I know I’m not following proper protocol, and I’m totally fine with it as it’s my radio.
KNG-M800 firmware downgrade, it was easier than imagined and fixed the problem
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I’ve never yet been able to downgrade firmware of any radio… except the BK Technologies radios. What a novel concept, give the client the ability to have control over their equipment.
eBay radio fix, I have the solution for my M800 radio with chopped cables.
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I had purchased cable connectors a couple of years ago and thankfully never got around to use them. I keep telling my wife that the garage is full of treasures and that it’s not just clutter. Okay, it’s also cluttered.
eBay strikes again! I won and lost all at the same time with this rare KNG P800 purchase.
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I finally found a 7/800 mhz version of one of my favorite portable radios.
Shallow dive into the Motorola APX NEXT
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I wanted to give you a brief overview of the operations of the APX NEXT, but please keep in mind that most of the features that make this radio special, are not available to me. Sorry, I wish I could share more info, I simply don't have it.
The slightly less secret secret service radio. The APX3000 part 2, surveillance accessories
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The slightly less secret secret service radio. The APX3000 part 2, surveillance accessories
Could the Kenwood VP8000 multi band, multi protocol radio be my favorite radio?
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Could the Kenwood VP8000 multi band, multi protocol radio be my favorite radio?
The almost secret Secret Service radios you’ve likely never heard of, the APX3000
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The almost secret Secret Service radios you’ve likely never heard of, the APX3000
My NEXT radio acquisition. Yeah, I bought a Motorola APX NEXT again.
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My NEXT radio acquisition. Yeah, I bought a Motorola APX NEXT again.
SCUBAPRO TK15 dive knife. Early impressions.
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SCUBAPRO TK15 dive knife. Early impressions.
SCUBA dive with an APX8000? Yup! TEA Maritime OSK waterproof radio backpack.
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SCUBA dive with an APX8000? Yup! TEA Maritime OSK waterproof radio backpack.
Comparing the BKR9000, VP8000, APX8000, and XL-200 all band radios. Pros and cons
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Comparing the BKR9000, VP8000, APX8000, and XL-200 all band radios. Pros and cons
Unplugged Phone unboxing. The Phone that doesn’t track you… right?
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Unplugged Phone unboxing. The Phone that doesn’t track you… right?
Installing an APX8500 radio into an Ineos Grenadier - Pt. 1 Contemplation
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Installing an APX8500 radio into an Ineos Grenadier - Pt. 1 Contemplation
Incident Command Radio Interface (ICRI) portable repeater for APX8000 KNG-P150 and MOTOTRBO
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Incident Command Radio Interface (ICRI) portable repeater for APX8000 KNG-P150 and MOTOTRBO
Rivian R1S pulling a Diamond C DET 207 deck over tilt trailer
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Rivian R1S pulling a Diamond C DET 207 deck over tilt trailer
How to NOT buy a Motorola pt. 6 Motorola MOTOTRBO Ion and APX NEXT problems for a second hand buyer
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How to NOT buy a Motorola pt. 6 Motorola MOTOTRBO Ion and APX NEXT problems for a second hand buyer
BKR9000 versus VP8000 and APX8000 part 1 first impressions and the major differences
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BKR9000 versus VP8000 and APX8000 part 1 first impressions and the major differences
Buying a Motorola pt. 5 what are the pitfalls? Depot? No tags? Has tags?
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Buying a Motorola pt. 5 what are the pitfalls? Depot? No tags? Has tags?
How to buy a Motorola Pt. 4, what is FPP?
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How to buy a Motorola Pt. 4, what is FPP?
Do they come standard with truncking
Veteran radio tech since my teens, been absent for 20 years in the airline business. Getting back to the trade, I wondered who is BK? Finally I figured out it was Bendix King. Great reputation, especially in general aviation radios. Getting back into the radio trade at 68. Now, that unit is amazing, and the price tag is too! It appears to be designed by a genius! Congrats!
The radio is not ment for the average user. It's ment for large radio fleets..
Why are you wearing an Apple Watch, while reviewing a phone that won't spy on you??????
@@DUBYATRADER-ke4nt fair point. In all sincerity I carry an iPhone 90% of the time, but I like having the ability to carry the Unplugged phone when I want to. Typically when traveling.
ill be looking to get a Kng800 if i can find one for a good price..So all of these models will do the Wildcard talkgroup trick? if so, Thats Great
@@RaysAirgunsReview I have a few p800’s I’m going to be selling soon.
@AdventureCruiser have to see how money is gonna be in the near future..but hopefully youll have one when i can come up with the money..sending a high dollar Huben gk1 v3.22 pcp pistol in for warranty repair, it should be back within 2 weeks, then i should be able to sell it then i may be interested( do you have the software for pgming it? ill be looking to have it for NAS in NC when they switch over to Phase 2 p25
I’m sold Great video good job. Definitely looking into these because of you. Keep up the good work.
That's really interesting radio
Good job man 👏. That's really nice collection!
I have an Google pixel 6A with GrapheneOS which is better than the Unplugged phone
Blackberry BB10 was an OG OS of all time back in the day
“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” - Edward Snowden
That battery looks XPR
We spent $8,000 on the APX next, I can believe the 8000 is 10k when you throw in all the features and programming. Motorola charge for everything
How did you get the FPP mode in the radio menu? Which software and firmware version?I have been looking for this option for Motorola gp338 for a long time now, thanks
Hello my friend, have a nice day Is it possible to enter the FPP function on the MOTOROLA GP338 device? how
Do any of yall use helicopter helmets like an evo 252? Superior protection and integrated visors. At the cost of external radios and annoying plugs Along with massive price tags! Anyways, it would make a lot of us pilots super happy if you were on aviation frequencies like your local airports, even if just monitoring.
You are better off getting a google pixel and getting GrapheneOS on it then learning how the tracking works and how it collects. This is a gimmick phone that you pay a subscription for to use proprietary software. Highly discourage people in getting this phone.
You can re-band a template, you just have to re-band each system that covers an extra band. When making systems in Armada, even though you get the option to set everything to V/U/7-8, its best to only set a system to the bands that system actually needs, it makes it a lot easier to cut and paste into other templates later if you need - you can turn multiband templates into singleband templates or the other way around if you need to.
I hope all is well with you and yours.
@@Sticky_Operator thanks, crazy busy start to the year and lots of illness. I’m hoping to drop more videos soon. Thanks for checking in on me, that made my day.
@ not sure why but I had a dream with you last night (no homo I promise) but we were debating whether or not to buy a vp8000 lol. We'll still had you in my mind and I knew your in that area. My wife's brother lives in an evacuation zone. But glad you guys are good!
On the APX series, add “INFO” to your menu items in lieu of using service mode. You’re welcome lol
RTs are stupid expensive for a GMRS. There are plenty of alternatives
man this guy must have stock/ownership in rocky talkies... or an affiliate link LOL
@@flynryan3053 no stock but I do have an affiliate link. However, I make almost nothing on this and was a big fan of Rocky Talkie for two years before I got an affiliate link. So yes, I get a kickback, but that’s not why I do this. I simply love good quality things. I do my best to be clear with everybody when things are affiliate links because I want you to take my opinion, temper it with your own judgement and wisdom and make your own decision. But, if you happen to want to purchase a radio through my link, I don’t see that as a sin.
@@AdventureCruiser Just givin you shit bra. After researching more the rocky talkies are good for their intended purpose. They also are not SOC(system on a chip) which is how cheap radios are made(UV-5R ect).
Have you found any Bluetooth adapters that work? Trying to hook one of these up to a cardo system
Personally, I prefer the stop. I did get annoyed with this myself, especially since the numbers would get out of sync with channels if it was rotated while off, or channels changed via buttons, but in dark conditions, or ones where it is unsafe to pull out this radio and look, going by feel and memory of how many clicks to each channel can be super useful.
Dude, sorry for intruding, but do you have any kind of way I can contact you through PM or Email?
I know the "e" on the MotoTRBO radios like the Motorola XPR-7550>e< stands for enchanced. But I'm not sure for the "X" on the APX radios.
Cool that you bought your radio from Mojave Repeater. Alex there has had a huge influence on my interest in radio comms and equipment.
I have a feeling it's a rebadged phone from alibaba or something.
I’m pretty sure that’s not an FRS radio, and that screen is screaming to be broken.
Major good step in the right direction
Another Issue I recently ran across is getting the BK USB driver to install on my computer. When I try to update the USB driver it says : "The best drivers for your device are already installed. Windows has determined that the best driver for this device is already installed. There may be better drivers on Windows Update or on the device manufacturer's website." Not sure if it has to do with the fact that I'm running on Windows 11? It's kind of weird and I haven't seen anyone else complaining about it at all...
Disregard that actually, I was running Windows 11, downgraded to Windows 10 - issue resolved.
Hey Adventure Cruiser, I am curious if you have heard anything else since you made this video about BK opening up the scanning capability in both digital and analog modes simultaneously? I do that quite a bit so it would be super nice. P.S. I have some really big systems to program (the statewide ones are the worst), so I super appreciate you sharing your system of filtering out the control channels!!!
@@Mk-np2bu BK does have the ability to monitor both conventional and one trunked system at the same time through Dual Mode Scan. As far as muting the control channels, the radio is smart enough to mute anything that isn’t audio. I’m going to be selling a couple of BK KNG-P800 portables soon, and I use them for scanning a MASSIVE county system and it’s easy as can be. Check out the San Diego RCS Trunk system on Radio Reference
@@Mk-np2bu OK, I’ve got to admit that I’ve been sick all week and I misunderstood your message. You’re very welcome, I’m glad it worked for you and let me know if you need anything else.
@@AdventureCruiser Yeah, there’s been a lot of sickness going around lately it seems, I got it too. I didn’t give you quite enough context for my question, so that’s my bad. I believe you mentioned in one of your videos that the BKR 9000 could only scan 16 channels in Dual Mode Scan and you had (if I remember correctly) talked to BK or a representative in one form or another about extending that beyond 16 channels. I was curious if you had heard anything back from them on that.
Can you please make more radio videos with camera 🎥 pointing at the radios and listening to the talk groups?? Thanks.
Adventure cruiser, are you a licensed ham yourself?
@@Mk-np2bu I am.
@@AdventureCruiser That’s really cool, I’ve been thinking about it but not bit the bullet yet.
Amazon says they are unavailable any chance you have another link?
What radio can you recommend for mountains? For example for skiing. Some buddy's on the top, some already at the bottom, some on a chairlift. The most advanced piece of tech, that can cover all the possible area. Maybe all in one something. VHF, UHF, Satcom, PoC, analog or digital, or both in one. Pricing is not the point. It can cost 1000$ or 10000$ for piece. Whatever. Is there something you can recommend?
@@D.Ershov great question, I typically carry a Garmin InReach and Rocky Talky 5watt radios and as long as my group isn’t on the opposite side of a mountain they work well. But, you’ve given me something fun to think about so let me get back to you on this.
@AdventureCruiser This is the primary issue. When everyone is operating on one side of the mountain, everything functions well, even if everyone uses the most cost-effective radios. However, when individuals are operating on different sides of the mountain, problems arise. Perhaps these issues could be partially resolved by utilizing satcom radio, but we were unable to verify. The PoC functioned properly, but it required a stable internet connection and server. Perhaps if each individual had a radio capable of repeat the signal, this would assist, but I likewise did not have the ability to verify this.
"do I always trust them?" = "No" " do I respect them" = f*ck no should be the answer
Exactly!
Any updates on the Grenadier APX8500??
@@jhonnyesdiosylavoz2392 well, I’ve been running it for months, but the wiring under the seat looks bad so I haven’t recorded a video until I can pretend that all my jobs are done perfectly every time the first time. Ha ha I’ll do a proper video soon.
@ Thanks for the response!
U gotta work on that german accent a bit more!!😂 24:31 Great vid!
I would say, if you have an app installed that gets hacked or is monitored by government or who ever, yes there is a possibility to get hacked. They need just permission in the app to your mic, and they can hear every word you say. Best and safest communications are letters given from one hand to another, nothing digital.
and by the way look at the fire that was in Maui all these expensive commercial radios did not work, they have the fire and the police, it didn't work, only ham radios Work,
also New York State just passed a law that no public service police firefighters civilian law enforcement cannot encrypt a radios, also with my experience most digital radios communication try to use it inside building full of metal, the radius will not work whatsoever,
Just for clarification, are you saying that the law says now that they can’t encrypt the radios or that they can?
I have a cat phone, These Radios very easy to crack, you use Wireshark and you use a software called gnu radio, and Motorola sensor was sold to the Chinese company called Lenovo I guarantee you, these phones are already compromised that have back doors in them, Kenwood,
I own a retevis one, and too be honest its the same as using the handheld itself
b a o f e n g...... uhh kinda works for just rx but its cheaper than this.......
I’ll literally be talking to one of my buddies abojt smth I wanna buy in the future and the second I load up Facebook market place it’s right there for sale multiple times
can you sync a motorola T265 to a cls 1410 walkie
Just a guess.... The actors with the capability and inclination to hack, monitor, track special teams traffic are most likely higher level threats than what municipal and county entry teams are going to encounter. I don't know what SS and NG use in ops, but I can probably find out.
I'm very excited to hear that DMR audio can be good, it's just a radio problem! We use the XPR6550 and 7550 at work, and there's definitely that funky compression/distortion. My MD-UV380 sounds the most garbled, the XPR sound good enough the untrained ear doesn't notice. I'd be very excited to hear the DMR audio quality of the VP8000. Maybe they use a DSP algorithm to squeeze as much as possible out of the DMR vocoder. Also cool that Kenwood allows you to roll licensed features into new radios if you lose/break a radio with those licenses. However, it feels like being thrown a bone when you compare the cost of the armada programming software.
Anybody now how to disable the outside mike on the PPG smoke headset ? Why would they have the outside mike picking up all the noise from engine ? It defeats the purpose !