APX 8000 - JMTech or HamGeek

This radio seems to have been reviewed very negatively, so intrigued, I bought a couple to play with, and I like them! No idea what people hated som much? Theyre odd looking but with some neat features!

[@aragonep]

I purchased one last month, along with an extra battery, and I love it. It's easy to program via the keypad, it has great audio and most of all I love the size. The build quality is actually pretty good. I can't complain for $109 USD.

[@pauljohnson4590]

That is what I thought. I cannot see why people seem to hate this radio - one review said a pile of garbage? I'm rather the other way - it is a bit strange looking but that is fine for me.

[@taylor7668US]

Its certainly a interesting radio

[@pauljohnson4590]

I had a phone call from a fella who just bought one and he thinks like me, it's actually a really great radio and we are both amazed at the crazy negative points. He also pointed out they are very sensitive and that makes them even more useful.

[@antenas]

😂😂😂😂 lixo

[@duanepark931]

I also like this radio for the price. I purchased the RT Systems software which allows for moving memories around. I like the fact you can view the memory channels by alpha name and also the frequencies are displayed on the bottom of the screen. My radio would only put out approx. 6-7 watts measured on my Aeroflex 3920B, the RX sensitivity is on par with other chinese radios. There are some false advertising stating the radio is capable of more than 128 memories. I could not get more than that programmed. There was another article stating the radio could be "jailbroken" to accept 700/800/900 mhz and 220. I tried this and found that the radio is deaf on RX except for 220 which is slightly better, but the radio will only put out 5. watts on these bands, plus you would need at different antenna to cover the range. As a note, I do have a Motorola APX-8000 which admittedly looks very similar.

[@pauljohnson4590]

Yes - totally agree. I tried opening the range up and was quite disappointed by the performance - but here there is very little in the 'extra' bands anyway.

[@MikesPhotosUS]

I was really hoping it would receive on the 800mhz band as there are a few conv 800 freqs I listen to regularly that the Wouxun UV9D hears loud and clear. So thank you, I appreciate your comment and I'll give this radio a skip.

[@gregglavich3754]

Biggest firmware bug on these radios is scan operation. The PL detect takes a quarter to half second to decode the programmed PL and unmute. Problem is the radio scan stop delay doesn’t hold the radio on channel that’s receiving long enough to correctly decode the PL and unmute the audio thus stopping the scan until the carrier drops for a few seconds. You must use csq receive for any channels you want to scan. Also doesn’t seem to allow simultaneous upper/lower band receive as most other radios of this type do. Otherwise not a bad radio, if these issues are fixed it’ll be a decent radio for the price.

[@pauljohnson4590]

Thanks for this. I will check and report back. P

[@gregglavich3754]

The other thing that irritates me about this radio is it has a USB C charge port on the battery, Except it doesn’t charge with a standard USB C charger! Only charges with the supplied charger! Stupid stupid stupid!! Come on people! Get it together

[@FrankMathis-w3c]

Hold down home button and turn the radio on, that will put the radio in FULL mode now you have 800 & 900 bands "F" top left corner.

[@pauljohnson4590]

Neat - although we don't have access to those bands here - full of celllular!

[@antenas]

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[@photographywithbrallan1247]

How hard is it to program? Im used to chrip

[@pauljohnson4590]

They're pretty straightforward for a fairly simple dual bander

[@josephstrong4925]

Do you have a link to the software? Can’t seem to find it anywhere.

[@pauljohnson4590]

When you google you find the one being sold at a modest price which has better facilities - worth the price.

[@BostonDummy-l7l]

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