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Had to try it: Hamgeek APX-8000

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I decided to buy it because how could you not buy something horribly overpriced, looking like an APX, but branded "HAMGEEK"? Also becuase the same case (and I think mostly same board) has been used to make okay PTT over cellular radios. The worst cheap chinese radio I ever owned. It is able to be hacked to Tx 220-260 and 902-928 but the filtering basically filters all that out at about 0.1 watt and receive is the same. Also, it has a pretty capable CPU inside with exposed programming pins so with custom firmware it could be okay. Battery life was great- left it on for 4 days. And obviously, it looks almost as cool as a real APX and the build quality is almost on par. Now, the bad. Lowest possible squelch is still way too high. Sometimes, it just doesn't receive at all- will open squelch and all you hear is noise on a clear signal. Then it 'adjusts' itself and starts working. Also, selectivity is terrible but I expected that. Occasionally, the audio would completely die and it would be like you had the speaker unplugged. Additionally, the top display only works in VFO mode, not memory mode. I bought it knowing it would be junk, with the hope to improve it somehow and make a comparison video to an APX (and maybe some other radios) but never got around to it. I am keeping it with the hope to someday create and load custom firmware on it. Or I might just give it away like I do most CCRs but this one is so **** it probably isn't even worthy of that
Edit: forgot to mention the dual PTT (advertised as 'Bual PTT') actually works. Front microphone and back microphone.
 
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knockoffham said:
I decided to buy it because how could you not buy something horribly overpriced, looking like an APX, but branded "HAMGEEK"? Also becuase the same case (and I think mostly same board) has been used to make okay PTT over cellular radios. The worst cheap chinese radio I ever owned. It is able to be hacked to Tx 220-260 and 902-928 but the filtering basically filters all that out at about 0.1 watt and receive is the same. Also, it has a pretty capable CPU inside with exposed programming pins so with custom firmware it could be okay. Battery life was great- left it on for 4 days. And obviously, it looks almost as cool as a real APX and the build quality is almost on par. Now, the bad. Lowest possible squelch is still way too high. Sometimes, it just doesn't receive at all- will open squelch and all you hear is noise on a clear signal. Then it 'adjusts' itself and starts working. Also, selectivity is terrible but I expected that. Occasionally, the audio would completely die and it would be like you had the speaker unplugged. Additionally, the top display only works in VFO mode, not memory mode. I bought it knowing it would be junk, with the hope to improve it somehow and make a comparison video to an APX (and maybe some other radios) but never got around to it. I am keeping it with the hope to someday create and load custom firmware on it. Or I might just give it away like I do most CCRs but this one is so **** it probably isn't even worthy of that
Edit: forgot to mention the dual PTT (advertised as 'Bual PTT') actually works. Front microphone and back microphone.
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Yeah, it's a shame. If they actually did the fix and got thevthing to full potential I could be persuaded to try another one but I don't see that happening. When I junked mine the internal and physical build quality was good.
 
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