APX8000H Help

[JeanPublique]

Some food for thought here.. I think there may be some jumping to conclusions here, and that's only natural given the audience. The OP is clearly not a radio guy, and may be just simply one who sees no need to dump useable electronics into the landfill and is seeking some basic general information. There ARE billion dollar companies out there that DO have more money than they know what to do with. In my neck of the woods, oil and gas development and related companies come to mind, and short or long term "projects" come and go all the time. Just because they are APX8000's does not mean they are full blown P25, Phase II, AES, OTAR/OTAP, all the bells and whistles radios. These simply may have only UHF/VHF conventional flashed in them only because the RFP requested dual band radios. Don't you think the sales rep is automatically going to sell them APX8000's knowing the purchaser is a billion dollar company, that nobody is really going to care in the end because cost is not really an issue? For arguments sake, let's say a "box full of radios" is a dozen, and these are being spec'd for an industrial user, not a PS one. Delete all those high end features that a PS might need and you have a bare bones APX8000. Assuming they are right around $4000 each, (x12 = $ 48,000) , plus the batteries , software service contract, blah, blah, and you end up with a quote well under 100k. To a company that may make millions of dollars per day in profits, that's literally pocket change. 100k is the amount they spend on copy paper every month.

I appreciate what you were saying, it honestly was a bit shocking to me that people were insinuating I was a thief or up to some kind of mischief just because I asked a question. I am aware that people use these kind of radios to monitor Public service channel but even if that was the case in my area they don’t encrypt anything and you can listen to it on a baofeng. However as I said I have literally no interest in any of that nor do I understand really people who do, but if that’s your thing more power to you. I just want to see if I can get some radios working is all.

 

[Floridarailfanning]

. . . it honestly was a bit shocking to me that people were insinuating I was a thief or up to some kind of mischief just because I asked a question.

The reason you got that kind of response is that it's VERY unusual for someone to say they have a box full of APX 8000s lying around. Then you indicated that you didn't know how to program them which made it seem even stranger.

Now that you've explained the origin of these radios and what you want to accomplish, folks should be more willing to assist.

 

[RichardKramer]

We used them at work for a project, My boss said that we were going to destroy them since we can’t just throw them out. I asked if I can get them working can we use them at work, he said yes, but It was on my dime to get them to work. This is why I was asking if there was anyway to do it without CPS. Honestly however I have been browsing this forum and I’m not really sure what it is about motorola radios, but if someone doesn’t tell you exactly where they bought it from, what time of day it was and attach a photo of their receipt you think something illegal has happened.

You said you used them for a project at work; they must have been working then; what happened that you need to get them working again? Did you get to use one when doing the project? If so, did you get to see what was on the radio's display? Just curious.

Rich - N3VMY - KAG0096

 

[buddrousa]

My guess is for the NOVEMBER VOTER SECURITY why else would you want it destroyed and not in anyone elses hands.

 

[JeanPublique]

You said you used them for a project at work; they must have been working then; what happened that you need to get them working again? Did you get to use one when doing the project? If so, did you get to see what was on the radio's display? Just curious.

Rich - N3VMY - KAG0096

They were yes but I would like to know what channels they are programmed for and such so we aren't interfering with anyone else.

 

[mikewazowski]

They were yes but I would like to know what channels they are programmed for and such so we aren't interfering with anyone else.

You’ll need to buy the CPS to read the radio.

 

[JeanPublique]

You’ll need to buy the CPS to read the radio.

Yes I know. I will ask the tech guy at work if he has the software monday when we go back in. If anyone was to have it he would be it.

 

[FFPM571]

Still something doesn't sound right.. maybe your boss should check with who he received these from they may have been loaned out of a cache of radios from another source. They may have to be returned.

 

[JeanPublique]

Still something doesn't sound right.. maybe your boss should check with who he received these from they may have been loaned out of a cache of radios from another source. They may have to be returned.

I can ask him come monday morning. We receive things from the central facility at their whim. They often send us Items we do not need or have no information/guidance on what they want us to do with it. Honestly I think I am going to let these go to the crusher as this seems to be more trouble than it is worth to have them work as simple UHF/VHF radios. Also on the subject I am rather tired of every post accusing me of being some type of thief or accusing me of having some type of ulterior motive. As I stated before I have no interest in monitoring law enforcement or public service communication nor would I need a radio like this to do that in my area anyhow. I never asked for the CPS software, nor did I ask how I program trunking, P25 etc. I just wanted to know if there was a way to program them to use as a standard radio so we no longer had to rely on the PA system in our rather large building. My only interest in amateur radio had been to pursue a license so I could talk to my grandfather however he has passed on and I really don't have much interest in it anymore. I appreciate all the replies and attention and anyone who reached out to me, you know who you are and I thank you.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Jean P.

 

[MTS2000des]

Still something doesn't sound right.. maybe your boss should check with who he received these from they may have been loaned out of a cache of radios from another source. They may have to be returned.

We issued 50 APX6000Li's out for elections security. They've been trickling in since November is over. Once I mention in an email or phone call the replacement cost ($5800 and change), people put a little more effort into "finding" them.

 

[mikewazowski]

If these are the APX’s with developmental firmware that you posted about on Austech then there’s nothing we can help you with here:

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