Thanks for the kind words. Just remember that it’s always easy to see the end result of hard work and not the 20+ years of hard work, self sacrifice, and discipline that it took to get here. But, thank you.
Id love to have one as a paramedic just for the amount of channel switching I do on a regular day. ViQi would be very helpful for those critical patients where I gotta keep my hands free to swap to a channel to communicate with Helicopters/ER
@@edwynstuart6795 battery charges are readily available through such companies as Magnum electronics. I would do Google search for the part number of the battery charger you want, and then put that part number into another Google search and it will display three or four reputable retailers.
So, I'm a paramedic in an extremely rural area and my county is apparently requiring all agencies to swap to our 800mhz phase II system, and I guess my agency is buying the next. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Our current analog VHF system is pretty terrible, our portables are almost unusable in most places, and we completely lose comms if we enter a building, so it's obviously a massive upgrade over that, but I'd honestly rather an apx 8000. I think the next is just too complicated, and honestly it's probably too fragile. I give it a few weeks before someone smashes the screen on the front. I'm also concerned about how much more expensive the next is. Someone will definitely lose one, and get reamed for that, an 8000 is expensive enough. I AM excited for viqi and the smartconnect feature though. Apparently since the next has LTE capabilities, combined with motorola smartconnect we should have radio reception basically anywhere with theoretically infinite range, since we often end up outside our county taking patients to the nearest trauma/burn center. That'll be massive for us, so I'm overall very excited. I just hope these things are as rugged as the 8000s.
You should make a video that showcases any special features of this radio that might be useful to amateur radio operators (if there are any). I love Motorola public safety radios, but I have a hard time justifying the expense when I will only be able to use a fraction of the features. Not to mention the fact that DMR is much more prevalent than P25 in my area.
Totally agree. DMR is far more common, but comparing DMR on a Motorola MOTOTRBO to a Kenwood VP8000, the Kenwood wins hands down, no contest. P25 seems to be the area where Motorola excels. Without FPP Motorola radios are of almost no use to a ham. I’ll see what I can do, I’m not a very active ham though so I’ll tap into some of my sources for advice.
@@AdventureCruiser A video on the topic may not be worth it, but it was just a thought. I would consider the VP8000 if it had NAS and free CPS. Call me crazy, but I'm a Ham that doesn't use FPP. I just have all the local repeaters and simplex freqs channelized.
The integration of RF radios with cellular comms I believe to be one of the "NEXT" 😂 big things in our hobby. Its already there with tools like Droidstar, Peanut and even Zello which you can bridge. Radios like the APX NEXT, the Moto Ion, phones like the Kyocera Durafore, the Motorola L11 and digital technologies like OpenSpots and digital repeaters and a variety of other tools are 100% changing the game. PS APX and Astro CPS' may not be difficult to use but that doesn't mean they are not a pain in the butt, but that's Motorola, annoying 😂 73 kd2lrx
The only thing the APX NEXT buys one is Smart Connect, and it has to be added to one's Radio Central account and agency account to work on SC. It's just an APX8000 with a 4 year old Android phone with a locked down fork of Android on it. Not worth the hassle as a private user, an APX8K is a much better investment for private use.
I agree in your reflection on it will be obsolete before a traditional radio & seperate phone. Just looking at cell phon tech always out pacing & companies pushing new models out. Forcing new models being implemented by advancing software & firmware to enforce it.
I haven't heard anyone talk about the NEXT and NAS. I know it works but I couldn't find a way to make it where you can't access all the talk groups/channels in the radio, it's pretty much like a mobile when it comes to NAS. I removed the channel menu in the CPS but it doesn't remove it from the radio, giving access to all zones and channels.
My duty radio is an APX7000. I got to demo two APX NEXTs for the Eclipse back in April. My big complaints were it was slow to boot (since all of my Zone select functions are in the menu for my programming), I'm torn on SmartConnect because where I could use it...I have 7/800 MHz coverage (VHF Trunking for me). The extra width doesn't fit my hand as well. I don't really care much about SmartMapping or ViQi (Vicky), using Radio Central (I'm trying to migrate 2300+ radios to RM and they won't support Radio Central) either. That being said, I think the writing is on the wall...a new APX8000 versus the NEXT is a $200 price difference when you compare them optioned for the features that the APX8000 can support. The N70 just isn't worth it as it's only really $700 less than a single band NEXT (which is just about the price of adding an extra band to a NEXT). I'll end up buying a next at some point...but I'm not in a massive hurry to.
I bet your probably right about the 8000 being more futureproof, though on a side note did you get past the programming issues you had with your last one? if so, how does it compare to the normal APX CPS (if i remember correctly the NEXT uses some web based thing right?)
@@flightstatic4662 great memory and better question. Yes I can program this exactly as I would and 8000 or 8500. Once you are over firmware vision 4.05 I believe, and have local programming enabled, it is the exact same as any other APX.
Great video. I know the NEXT cannot make or receive phone calls. Have you tried installing a VoIP application, and could you use a Bluetooth headset to make calls that way? Just curious if you would consider trying that. My daily carry is an 8000HXE.
The only way a NEXT could make a phone call is through a system phone patch. You cannot install apps or access a "store" to download anything on the NEXTs. A Mototrbo ION can make calls through a normal cell provider.
Good to know. Thanks! Seems useless for anyone except public safety then, which makes sense since that's the target market for these. I'm a Motorola dealer myself, just not for this line of radios.
I wonder how you would rate the new Comjot CJ1 that should be out from qn outfit 😅n La. I think is where they are it is similar to the APX Next and Motorola Ion and you will be able to get it at Gagaparts once they get final approval from the feds if you feel the need I would really like tour opinion on that radio if tou could give it
@@jonyarredondo8980 a BK Technologies (KNG,KNG2,BKR) are the easiest to learn and have the friendliest support. But if you’re dead set on Motorola, an XTS is a great starter radio.
@@Aglowgibbon I’ll do it, but it might take a little more time. I’m still learning how awesome it is. Seriously though, it’s one of my favorite all around radios. It would be my absolute favorite if it did No Affiliate Scanning as safely as a BKR9000 or p800
@@AdventureCruiser Im looking forward to this one. I did find a forum/wikipedia post on how to NAS… But obviously you still need the system key, which is locked behind fancy pieces of paper, and special people at kenwood.
For me .. I haven't touched the Next.. But I feel like, for first responders there's a lot of features that aren't needed. And more features most of the time, means much more to go wrong. I've got APX4000's in service at the moment, and there's some people who struggle with them. I could only imagine those people with the next.
Agreed. I'm a paramedic and I'm concerned about the giant touch screen. My old agency had 4000s and they were nice. My agency's upgrading to the nexts and I just think they're unnecessary. I think an apx8000 would serve us better. Most of the people here barely even know how to work the CAD, I'm not sure they'd have any idea how to use one of these. Not to mention if someone manages to drop one flat on it's face, the screen's cooked...
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Dude you must be very successful in your career to be able to afford all these radios..I’m jealous.Love your videos!!
Thanks for the kind words. Just remember that it’s always easy to see the end result of hard work and not the 20+ years of hard work, self sacrifice, and discipline that it took to get here. But, thank you.
Are you a first responder?@@AdventureCruiser
@@1974rail no, not currently. I have been in the past though.
Don’t let his wife see these comments! 😂
@@austinjones7923 it’s okay, my wife is a subscriber… but life is so busy there isn’t a chance she’s actually watched any of my videos.
Id love to have one as a paramedic just for the amount of channel switching I do on a regular day. ViQi would be very helpful for those critical patients where I gotta keep my hands free to swap to a channel to communicate with Helicopters/ER
You have an 8k antenna on your NEXT - NEXT antennas don't have GPS since its baked into the radio.
Seriously? That’s hilarious, thanks for the heads up.
Great comparison. Question: Where can I find a battery charger for the Apx Next?
@@edwynstuart6795 battery charges are readily available through such companies as Magnum electronics. I would do Google search for the part number of the battery charger you want, and then put that part number into another Google search and it will display three or four reputable retailers.
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So, I'm a paramedic in an extremely rural area and my county is apparently requiring all agencies to swap to our 800mhz phase II system, and I guess my agency is buying the next. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Our current analog VHF system is pretty terrible, our portables are almost unusable in most places, and we completely lose comms if we enter a building, so it's obviously a massive upgrade over that, but I'd honestly rather an apx 8000. I think the next is just too complicated, and honestly it's probably too fragile. I give it a few weeks before someone smashes the screen on the front. I'm also concerned about how much more expensive the next is. Someone will definitely lose one, and get reamed for that, an 8000 is expensive enough.
I AM excited for viqi and the smartconnect feature though. Apparently since the next has LTE capabilities, combined with motorola smartconnect we should have radio reception basically anywhere with theoretically infinite range, since we often end up outside our county taking patients to the nearest trauma/burn center. That'll be massive for us, so I'm overall very excited. I just hope these things are as rugged as the 8000s.
You should make a video that showcases any special features of this radio that might be useful to amateur radio operators (if there are any). I love Motorola public safety radios, but I have a hard time justifying the expense when I will only be able to use a fraction of the features. Not to mention the fact that DMR is much more prevalent than P25 in my area.
Totally agree. DMR is far more common, but comparing DMR on a Motorola MOTOTRBO to a Kenwood VP8000, the Kenwood wins hands down, no contest. P25 seems to be the area where Motorola excels.
Without FPP Motorola radios are of almost no use to a ham. I’ll see what I can do, I’m not a very active ham though so I’ll tap into some of my sources for advice.
@@AdventureCruiser A video on the topic may not be worth it, but it was just a thought. I would consider the VP8000 if it had NAS and free CPS.
Call me crazy, but I'm a Ham that doesn't use FPP. I just have all the local repeaters and simplex freqs channelized.
The integration of RF radios with cellular comms I believe to be one of the "NEXT" 😂 big things in our hobby. Its already there with tools like Droidstar, Peanut and even Zello which you can bridge. Radios like the APX NEXT, the Moto Ion, phones like the Kyocera Durafore, the Motorola L11 and digital technologies like OpenSpots and digital repeaters and a variety of other tools are 100% changing the game. PS APX and Astro CPS' may not be difficult to use but that doesn't mean they are not a pain in the butt, but that's Motorola, annoying 😂 73 kd2lrx
Sick radio, I seen a chinese dude on e-Bay selling some of these units. The only bad thing is you rely on motorola to run that unit, not you.
It depends on the firmware, if it’s newer than 4.05 and local programming is enabled, you can program it using CPS just like an APX8000
@@AdventureCruiser I like that, wonder if NAS would work with HTG scan
@@OuterSpaceJakewhat do you mean by HTG scan? I feel like I should know what that is but don’t.
hope I get a chance to play w/a NEXT one day. never even saw one yet
Are you able to to do MPL with next yet?
The only thing the APX NEXT buys one is Smart Connect, and it has to be added to one's Radio Central account and agency account to work on SC. It's just an APX8000 with a 4 year old Android phone with a locked down fork of Android on it. Not worth the hassle as a private user, an APX8K is a much better investment for private use.
I agree in your reflection on it will be obsolete before a traditional radio & seperate phone. Just looking at cell phon tech always out pacing & companies pushing new models out. Forcing new models being implemented by advancing software & firmware to enforce it.
As intended...
I haven't heard anyone talk about the NEXT and NAS. I know it works but I couldn't find a way to make it where you can't access all the talk groups/channels in the radio, it's pretty much like a mobile when it comes to NAS. I removed the channel menu in the CPS but it doesn't remove it from the radio, giving access to all zones and channels.
And this is unfortunately why I don’t do NAS on APX. Simply too risky. Sad that I can do this all on a cheap uniden scanner but not on my nice radios.
My duty radio is an APX7000. I got to demo two APX NEXTs for the Eclipse back in April. My big complaints were it was slow to boot (since all of my Zone select functions are in the menu for my programming), I'm torn on SmartConnect because where I could use it...I have 7/800 MHz coverage (VHF Trunking for me). The extra width doesn't fit my hand as well. I don't really care much about SmartMapping or ViQi (Vicky), using Radio Central (I'm trying to migrate 2300+ radios to RM and they won't support Radio Central) either. That being said, I think the writing is on the wall...a new APX8000 versus the NEXT is a $200 price difference when you compare them optioned for the features that the APX8000 can support. The N70 just isn't worth it as it's only really $700 less than a single band NEXT (which is just about the price of adding an extra band to a NEXT).
I'll end up buying a next at some point...but I'm not in a massive hurry to.
What type of radio do you recommend for beginners how much was it to get one? Do you download the software?
I bet your probably right about the 8000 being more futureproof, though on a side note did you get past the programming issues you had with your last one? if so, how does it compare to the normal APX CPS (if i remember correctly the NEXT uses some web based thing right?)
@@flightstatic4662 great memory and better question. Yes I can program this exactly as I would and 8000 or 8500. Once you are over firmware vision 4.05 I believe, and have local programming enabled, it is the exact same as any other APX.
@@AdventureCruiser Thanks!
Great video.
I know the NEXT cannot make or receive phone calls. Have you tried installing a VoIP application, and could you use a Bluetooth headset to make calls that way? Just curious if you would consider trying that.
My daily carry is an 8000HXE.
That APX8000HXE is awesome! Great radio. I’ll give your request a shot, though I too have low expectations.
The only way a NEXT could make a phone call is through a system phone patch. You cannot install apps or access a "store" to download anything on the NEXTs. A Mototrbo ION can make calls through a normal cell provider.
Good to know. Thanks! Seems useless for anyone except public safety then, which makes sense since that's the target market for these. I'm a Motorola dealer myself, just not for this line of radios.
Hooooo weeee that’s an expensive radio. But it’s really really nice
I wonder how you would rate the new Comjot CJ1 that should be out from qn outfit 😅n La. I think is where they are it is similar to the APX Next and Motorola Ion and you will be able to get it at Gagaparts once they get final approval from the feds if you feel the need I would really like tour opinion on that radio if tou could give it
Where did you acquire one of these?
@@dennisondenatalie typically through forums, friends of friends, or sometimes marketplaces and eBay. It’s a crapshoot.
Does the APX NEXT have Bluetooth built in to connect to a Bluetooth mic?
@@nbelliveau14 sure does.
@@AdventureCruiser I’ve looked all through the settings and manual. Can’t find it…😩.
Yes, it has Bluetooth but Motorola went away from the blue dot so have to get a new WM800 for the NEXT.
What type of radio do you recommend for beginners
@@jonyarredondo8980 a BK Technologies (KNG,KNG2,BKR) are the easiest to learn and have the friendliest support. But if you’re dead set on Motorola, an XTS is a great starter radio.
Will you do a video on just alone the vp8000 from kenwood please
Sure!
I would love to see this as well!
@@Aglowgibbon I’ll do it, but it might take a little more time. I’m still learning how awesome it is. Seriously though, it’s one of my favorite all
around radios. It would be my absolute favorite if it did No Affiliate Scanning as safely as a BKR9000 or p800
Absolutely, I’m working on it now.
@@AdventureCruiser Im looking forward to this one. I did find a forum/wikipedia post on how to NAS… But obviously you still need the system key, which is locked behind fancy pieces of paper, and special people at kenwood.
For me .. I haven't touched the Next.. But I feel like, for first responders there's a lot of features that aren't needed. And more features most of the time, means much more to go wrong. I've got APX4000's in service at the moment, and there's some people who struggle with them. I could only imagine those people with the next.
Agreed. I'm a paramedic and I'm concerned about the giant touch screen. My old agency had 4000s and they were nice. My agency's upgrading to the nexts and I just think they're unnecessary. I think an apx8000 would serve us better. Most of the people here barely even know how to work the CAD, I'm not sure they'd have any idea how to use one of these. Not to mention if someone manages to drop one flat on it's face, the screen's cooked...
I like the map display screen where you can see where all your colleagues are.
I’d love to have that feature, but you need the whole infrastructure, don’t you? I don’t think you can run it stand-alone.
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These are a step backwards
how much was it and are you sell any lol
I can’t tell you, somebody might tell my wife. 😅 seriously though, I typically don’t sell my radios,
14,000 radio 😂.... nope .... Won't ever spend that on a radio
@@David_V86 I’ll make you a deal, you can have it for only $13,999. :-)
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