For $100 this radio works just fine. 12 watts. Works on GMRS and local simplex channels. Calm down and deal with the fact its not a Motorola APX for $4000.
I bought 6 of these things for movie props. But then, I started using one on GMRS simplex and repeater offsets. Also, as a scanner for some local EMS frequencies. They outperformed UV5R's on just about every level. Receive audio quality, TX audio quality, battery life. Your review sounds like Motorola paid you to make it. 😂
@@MAndNGamesV3 Nah bro he's right. This is a terrible review. You're behaving like an infant. Your review is a textbook example of how not to review something. You're constantly smashing things into your desk deafening us, you're sucking snot loudly snorting every so often, and gurgling through it rather than coughing to clear your throat, and you're rambling like a butthurt egirl. You can't call everyone a "sad ham" (I'm not even a ham ffs I hate radio people they're the biggest nanny staters) when you're the only one bawwing and crying here. You just don't want to concede you made a bad video, and need to learn from this.
Wow... Sounds like you need a Snickers bar and then maybe lighten up over a $100 radio... Why did you buy it if you were this convinced it would be such a horrible/crappy deal? Oh well. I think I'll go buy one now.
first of all i find your review horrible if you dont like the radio dont buy it second of all the looks its called when a pattent runs out on something thats manufactured it gives other companies the opportunity to copy it
Picked one up for $109, works great on ham radio repeaters! Signal reports have been great. It is what it is, just because it looks like a Motorola APX-8000 don't expect it to operate as a P25 portable.
Just popping my head in to let you know that the apx-8000 gives baofeng a run for it's money having just perfected mine today using the programming software/cable Best part now is that my channel's are alpha tagged so i know what amateur or general use channel im on
I,got one these because I watched this video. Having now played with it for 2 weeks I have flashed the new firmware to it and the top screen now has Alpha Tags. We put it on a Moto service monitor and the radio is pretty stable for a $100 radio. Audio is good also. Even the build quality is ok. It’s not a Motorola so you can’t compare it to one. And the programming software is free from the Manufacturer as well as the firmware updates.
Make a tute on flashing the firmware and anything else you recommend, maybe more people will work on it and find some fun things to do. I'd like to invert the top screen so when I look down it's the right way up - any way to do that with software?
It does have WFM 64-108MHz, by holding in the 0 Zero key and to return to regular channel mode by holding the zero key again, also menu# 40 puts it in the scrambler mode, you can change from the memory channels to VFO by holding the top right key that looks like a computer monitor, and hold it in again to switch between memory and VFO ,to put the Radio in to scan mode hold in the star key on the bottom left on the keypad, this Radio doesn't do DMR or P-25, analog only W0TRJ Apr 2024
I bought one for grins and giggles and was not expecting much so I was not disappointed... once you program via computer you lose the top display, the software is free but crappier than the radio. This is Baofeng is a fancy chassis. I bought mine and the seller gave me a 50% refund so for $50 it works fine for hammy stuff. Power output is okay 10-12 watts no problem.
BTW- regarding Tx power output, your comment “I can tell you that’s a lie. I’ve not tested it, but that’s a lie” is idiotic (unless you are perhaps a psychic). I DID test it and it’s NOT a lie. 12.68W on full power 2M transmit.
Well, I learned something. I got the satire. I'd like to find a side by side comparison with an actual moto APX. I know that this only externally resembles the moto. Until recently I worked for a test equipment manufacturer and we had at least one example of (almost) every LMR portable and mobile. So I've played with APX radios. I was given a couple obsolete P-25 portables I'm trying to program for amateur radio. Hey, they need to geek a version of the APX-NEXT, next. Maybe repackage one of those smartphone/dual band transceivers🤔
My first thought when I saw some posts about it, looks like a cheap Chinese radio in an fake APX 8000 shell. There is a market for this sort of thing though, based on the chatter, they've been selling a lot of them.
So I have a couple questions because I’m new to the mmdvm hotspots and pi-star and brandmister. Can this radio be used with a mmdvm hotspot and be used to access pi-star or brandmisters talkgroups
That's why I got one. A real APX brand new would be 3/4 of a year's income for me. I don't know how anyone ever affords them. Haven't lucked into a crackhead yet. 😜 That said, this thing works fairly well and it doesn't feel chintzy like a lot of CCR's. I really got it for looks. There is an audio cutout issue on rx but I worked around that by setting it go wide on the troublesome channels. It's only a glorified scanner for my use.
I know the Chinese radios, like Boafeng have a real hard time eliminating squelch tail, actually, they can’t. Can you silence squelch tail with this any better? It might have been worth buying if it at least did P25 conv.
Ok, as information, I watched about 5 minutes of your video before giving up. Apparently, everything is crap including your camera as you indicated. I was looking for an unbiased review. Honestly though, I think there are some other issues unrelated to this radio that you may need help with.
I got one & for the price its not bad, if he hates it that much I'll take it off his hands! The mic connection sucks but workable. But I knew that going into it. Still trying to figure out how to use the features tho. I couldn't watch this whole video,lol
I don't get this at all - it works great, is nice and solid, and by any standard of comparison I have - is a great performer. This review is hardly valid. An abomination? why?
Most beta review by the most beta reviewer. The number of times you flipped the camera/radio around, you should title this video, "What Should I Do With My Hands?"
This thing isnt even good enough to throw at someones head.. mine stopped charging a few days before the return window so i sent that piece of crap back for a refund.
hands down one of the strangest review videos ive ever watched LOL i dont know if i should buy it and use it or buy and shoot it🤣 i ve watched your sdr trunk videos at elast 3 times each and i still cant get the godamn thing working LMFAO i had a voice come through and almost shit myself thinking by george ive got it! and then nothing....... i got js8 call working tonight, that was pretty cool. texting without cell or wifi ....are we on our way to a ham internet where we dont need big corp big tech!!! oh man that would be sweet.
Found this review scrappy and incomprehensible. I reviewed this review as horrible.
For $100 this radio works just fine. 12 watts. Works on GMRS and local simplex channels. Calm down and deal with the fact its not a Motorola APX for $4000.
I bought 6 of these things for movie props. But then, I started using one on GMRS simplex and repeater offsets. Also, as a scanner for some local EMS frequencies. They outperformed UV5R's on just about every level. Receive audio quality, TX audio quality, battery life. Your review sounds like Motorola paid you to make it. 😂
If it will slide into my AOEM PX6000 holster for when I need VHF I will buy one 😀
Not an objective evaluation. Radio works great, true 12W out, not sure what you were expecting from a $100 clone of a $4,000 radio. Grow up
lol
Sad ham ALERT 🚨
😂 have both. I use the cheap one so it’s easier to replace when my guards break or loose
@@MAndNGamesV3 Nah bro he's right. This is a terrible review. You're behaving like an infant. Your review is a textbook example of how not to review something. You're constantly smashing things into your desk deafening us, you're sucking snot loudly snorting every so often, and gurgling through it rather than coughing to clear your throat, and you're rambling like a butthurt egirl. You can't call everyone a "sad ham" (I'm not even a ham ffs I hate radio people they're the biggest nanny staters) when you're the only one bawwing and crying here. You just don't want to concede you made a bad video, and need to learn from this.
Why don’t you tell us how you REALLY feel?
I mean if u want me too
The first time I saw these radios I thought it was an April fools joke...
Wow... Sounds like you need a Snickers bar and then maybe lighten up over a $100 radio... Why did you buy it if you were this convinced it would be such a horrible/crappy deal? Oh well. I think I'll go buy one now.
first of all i find your review horrible if you dont like the radio dont buy it second of all the looks its called when a pattent runs out on something thats manufactured it gives other companies the opportunity to copy it
Hey, Dick...It is a NOVELTY RADIO!
These are EXCELLENT for props. Expect to see them on your favorite television and movies... 😊
This is one of the worst "reviews" i have ever seen.. why was this reccormended to me lol
One of life’s greatest mysteries
@@MAndNGamesV3 You should probably delete this in shame.
@@bashkillszombies I’m good but thanks for your input
looks cool, think ill buy one
Buy an older Motorola like the xts 1500 you can get them for about $100
Picked one up for $109, works great on ham radio repeaters! Signal reports have been great. It is what it is, just because it looks like a Motorola APX-8000 don't expect it to operate as a P25 portable.
Just popping my head in to let you know that the apx-8000 gives baofeng a run for it's money having just perfected mine today using the programming software/cable
Best part now is that my channel's are alpha tagged so i know what amateur or general use channel im on
I,got one these because I watched this video. Having now played with it for 2 weeks I have flashed the new firmware to it and the top screen now has Alpha Tags. We put it on a Moto service monitor and the radio is pretty stable for a $100 radio. Audio is good also. Even the build quality is ok. It’s not a Motorola so you can’t compare it to one. And the programming software is free from the Manufacturer as well as the firmware updates.
Make a tute on flashing the firmware and anything else you recommend, maybe more people will work on it and find some fun things to do. I'd like to invert the top screen so when I look down it's the right way up - any way to do that with software?
It does have WFM 64-108MHz, by holding in the 0 Zero key and to return to regular channel mode by holding the zero key again, also menu# 40 puts it in the scrambler mode, you can change from the memory channels to VFO by holding the top right key that looks like a computer monitor, and hold it in again to switch between memory and VFO ,to put the Radio in to scan mode hold in the star key on the bottom left on the keypad, this Radio doesn't do DMR or P-25, analog only W0TRJ Apr 2024
Thank you for the info
Thanks for that info.
I bought one for grins and giggles and was not expecting much so I was not disappointed... once you program via computer you lose the top display, the software is free but crappier than the radio. This is Baofeng is a fancy chassis. I bought mine and the seller gave me a 50% refund so for $50 it works fine for hammy stuff. Power output is okay 10-12 watts no problem.
Interesting. Thanks for the info on the power output and definitely staying away from the software
@@MAndNGamesV3 Yeah unless it is just not older Windows friendly? Mine gave me drop down windows of upside down question marks??????
BTW- regarding Tx power output, your comment “I can tell you that’s a lie. I’ve not tested it, but that’s a lie” is idiotic (unless you are perhaps a psychic). I DID test it and it’s NOT a lie. 12.68W on full power 2M transmit.
😂
I may be a psychic
Also the comment was more of a joke and satire…….Sad u missed that
IMO, 12 watts output is probably too much for an HT. They still don't know if 5 watt HT is gona fry your brains
you can turn the radio around in the holder to HEAR the speaker alot better...
Is there an email to request an APX8000 case for the Uniden SDS100 internals?
Ha! That was my first thought when I saw this radio😅
How did you get it to speak out if that’s the right term
Do I need to buy the software to pick up channels/frequencies??
Well, I learned something. I got the satire.
I'd like to find a side by side comparison with an actual moto APX. I know that this only externally resembles the moto.
Until recently I worked for a test equipment manufacturer and we had at least one example of (almost) every LMR portable and mobile. So I've played with APX radios. I was given a couple obsolete P-25 portables I'm trying to program for amateur radio.
Hey, they need to geek a version of the APX-NEXT, next. Maybe repackage one of those smartphone/dual band transceivers🤔
you say it has MDC can you explain where those settings are for this radio
My first thought when I saw some posts about it, looks like a cheap Chinese radio in an fake APX 8000 shell. There is a market for this sort of thing though, based on the chatter, they've been selling a lot of them.
do you know how to put a offset in the radio?
Do you need the programming software/cable to put in Alpha Tags?
May I program it with the Chirp software? If not, how otherwise? Thx a lot.
So I have a couple questions because I’m new to the mmdvm hotspots and pi-star and brandmister. Can this radio be used with a mmdvm hotspot and be used to access pi-star or brandmisters talkgroups
You say it has MDC if so i like to try a radio can you let me know if it does Thanks
"Bual-Crap" lmao 😂
Funny thing is .... i would buy one due to how it actually looks like a Motorola but then again i prefer my Ailunce HD 1 V1 non GPS radio anyday 😁
Oh looks wise it’s crazy and cool but the guts and features….absolutely suck
That's why I got one. A real APX brand new would be 3/4 of a year's income for me. I don't know how anyone ever affords them. Haven't lucked into a crackhead yet. 😜 That said, this thing works fairly well and it doesn't feel chintzy like a lot of CCR's. I really got it for looks. There is an audio cutout issue on rx but I worked around that by setting it go wide on the troublesome channels. It's only a glorified scanner for my use.
You sir are a joke....
I know the Chinese radios, like Boafeng have a real hard time eliminating squelch tail, actually, they can’t. Can you silence squelch tail with this any better? It might have been worth buying if it at least did P25 conv.
Hello sir, I was wondering if you could make a video on how to program channels and lock them in and save the channels… 🙏🏼
How do you program or add channels to it
Ok, as information, I watched about 5 minutes of your video before giving up. Apparently, everything is crap including your camera as you indicated. I was looking for an unbiased review. Honestly though, I think there are some other issues unrelated to this radio that you may need help with.
How do you change the main from a to b?
Can i listen to police freq 460-225
What is bad about it?U never said?
Software is free from Hamgeek.
I got one & for the price its not bad, if he hates it that much I'll take it off his hands! The mic connection sucks but workable. But I knew that going into it. Still trying to figure out how to use the features tho. I couldn't watch this whole video,lol
so you don't like it then ???
The "charge $$$ for everything" is to make it more like Motorola.
DMR?
Sadly no
Reveiw is pointless 18mins of this dude relishing the sound of his own voice.
"some people" say it is worse than a boof wang. Good to know.
80 watt ? 😂
If only lol
😂
This radio can contact aliens in another galaxy
@@MAndNGamesV3 👀🫨
does it do talkgroups like a real apx-8000?
It's analog only.
Where does the hand mic go?
They make one that goes in the usb c port.
@@PJCMEDIA1989 ewww it’s so ugly then I’m gonna get a different radio then for sure almost had me sold on it
I don't get this at all - it works great, is nice and solid, and by any standard of comparison I have - is a great performer. This review is hardly valid. An abomination? why?
I got one of these, when charging the battery, does the lite turn green or blink red/green??
It stays red but will occasionally blink green after a while which I assume means it’s fully charged
Thanks Nate!
mine goes GREEN when fully charged.
how do i put P25 trunk into it?
Sadly no
if you get in a car crash, you could always use it to smash a window lol
That’s actually a good idea
Most beta review by the most beta reviewer. The number of times you flipped the camera/radio around, you should title this video, "What Should I Do With My Hands?"
What you need to do is drink cum
TITLE OF THIS - I FORGOT TO MENTION
Pretty much what happens when your to lazy to write a script
@@MAndNGamesV3 =)
For that price, you’re WAY better off with a Radodity GD-88….
You should go learn chinglish before ordering lol
lol pretty much
If you dont like the radio ill give ya 50.00 for it
Ninguna descripcion tecnica en el video.solo esta preocupado por la estetica y la presentacion del equipo.
Another SadHam
No thank you I will stick my Boafeng radio and my uniden SDS 100S and uniden sds 200s sorry you got scrappy radio
Do u think u could pick up motorlas on it if u code them
U can talk to any radio with this. As long as it’s set up for analog, has the right frequency and the correct CTCSS or DPL tones set for both radios
This thing isnt even good enough to throw at someones head.. mine stopped charging a few days before the return window so i sent that piece of crap back for a refund.
Have you been diagnosed with anything?
Bet Hes peachy on the frequencies also.
Ummm no…..
Maybe CCR Derangement Syndrome 🤣
Damn the real apxs are better than this crap.
I might buy one just for the "sure" button...lol
hands down one of the strangest review videos ive ever watched LOL i dont know if i should buy it and use it or buy and shoot it🤣 i ve watched your sdr trunk videos at elast 3 times each and i still cant get the godamn thing working LMFAO i had a voice come through and almost shit myself thinking by george ive got it! and then nothing....... i got js8 call working tonight, that was pretty cool. texting without cell or wifi ....are we on our way to a ham internet where we dont need big corp big tech!!! oh man that would be sweet.