We’re not all criminals nor are we all nefarious out here, but I myself am just sick of all of the fucking ads, commercials, pop-ups, continuously being advertised to in general, and being tracked and people making money off of me and me not seeing any bit of it. Just like for instance, I might not know if somebody’s watching me take a shower through my window , If I don’t know they’re doing it no harm right? Difference here is that I know it happens to me and not only just me.
It is an exponential function! Once the chemicals start to degrade, the batteries will start to wear down faster and faster. Your calculation is correct in the fact they store X% of the energy a new battery could, but it does not mean they will last another x years. So if it was 2000 days of use to get to 50% capacity, you wont get another 2000 charges out of them even at reduced capacity. Maybe 2000 charge cycles to 50% and another 200 charges before broken/ 0%.
Really great insight and advice. Thank you so much. So at what percent would you consider a battery not trustworthy? I understand that at 80% capacity you likely have consumed half of its life, is this accurate? What numbers would you use?
It’s a way to determine the current maximum capacity but it’s not indicative of the battery life left. Batteries degrade faster as they age so one that is three years old and at 80% capacity has a lot more life left than one that is at 60% capacity and is 5 years old even though that’s only a 20% capacity difference. Once a battery drops below 80% it starts to go quick in my experience. The other factor is voltage drop. Worn out batteries tend to have increased internal resistance leadning to a larger voltage drop as load increases. As voltage drops, current increases for the same power demand and causes heat which wears the battery faster. At some point it just can’t deliver to the demand anymore even though it may have capacity left.
Perfect, I understand your logic completely. So even if it is showing half of the available milliamp hours, it may only have 10% of its useful life remaining. What numbers are you comfortable with in your own fleet or for personal use? I understand I can buy a battery analyzer, but I’m just trying to come up with some ballpark figures.
@@AdventureCruiser For me it's more about if the radios get through the day with a decent margin but I'd want to replace any battery older than 5 years without hesitation even if it shows good capacity. If the radios are safety critical I'd lean towards replacing after two to three years of daily use but it depends a bit on the remaining capacity. If it drop below 80% I'd keep a close eye on it. Most of these batteries can handle up to 500 charge cycles so around two years would be a reasonable expectation of they are going all day. For personal use it's not safety critical for me so I'd replace after a maximum of 5 years or when capacity drops enough to be an issue. My main radio has a service life indicator for the battery and it's still at 100% after 6 months, but I don't use it daily so I have maybe 20 charge cycles on it.
The easiest way is to buy an impres battery data reader. Simply drop the battery in and it will give you battery life. Potential capacity after reconditioning, current state of charge and any recommendations for the battery to optimize the life. The impres battery data reader will do apx , xts, and XPR if you purchase one that comes with all of the adapter cups. Works great.
The repeater I want to use lists its input tone as 141.3 Hz and output tone of 141.3 Hz. My Rockie Talkie only allows me to input single and double numbers. I looked on their website manual, and I still couldn't find anywhere listing 141.3 correlating to a tone number to input my handheld radio. What number would I dial in on my Rockie Talkie for the tone, if the repeater is 141.3??? And if I want to use other repeaters and they have different tones, where in the heck would I find the information that would allow me to correlate their tone numbers to the input numbers I got on my Rockie Talkie?
On the Rocky Talkie, by its nature, the input and output tones are the same. So 141.3 will be the input and output. And yes, for a different repeater you will need to change to a different tone. I don’t believe that there’s a way to have presets for say three different tones with the same frequency. Though if the frequencies are different than each, repeater precept can be programmed with a different tone
Nice! Thanks for clarifying who you were, that really helps me put a face to the name. Thanks for bring Ng your yellow BKR9000, it looked poked great… so great that I may need to buy one eventually.
In the mid-2000s I was assigned a car with an ICRI in the trunk. I had forgotten all about it until I stumbled onto your video. I posted a couple of pics at the bottom of my QRZ page if you're interested. 73
That's really awesome! Thanks for posting the photos of your installation. What was your opinion of it? Did it work as it should? My sister was born in Galveston when my dad was training at UTMB and the shriners hospital burn center.
@@AdventureCruiser We bought about a dozen ICRI units with all but the one in the car being in Pelican cases like yours. They were distributed to various police substations across the city. The fire department may have had some also, but I don't remember. The hardwired units (ACU-1000, etc) were obviously the better option, but those required specialized training, more expensive, etc. The Crown Vic was assigned to myself and two other officers with the purpose of having immediate availability. Most of what we ended up doing was coordinating with the fire department at major fire scenes. We set one of the ICRI units up at the 2006 NBA Allstar Game in the upper "catwalk" structure of the Toyota Center in Houston. It was to link FBI SWAT and Houston SWAT who were providing overwatch for the event. Other than that event, I'm not sure if any of the ICRIs were used. If you search "preston moore icom repeater" there is a document I wrote that I guess was captured by Scribd. Toward the bottom there is a pic showing the ICRI deployed at the Allstar Game. Have a good one!
I live in SE Louisiana and unfortunately every agency is on the 700-800 mhz LWIN system and all of the PD's and Sheriffs are pretty much encrypted except for state police and I believe my local FD and EMS. However, if I had the money for an APX 8000 I'd buy one in a minute being able to have VHF/UHF/700-800 bands all in one radio, as a HAM operator that would be my ultimate portable rig!!!!!!! 73 from KJ5GUY!
The Kenwood channel knob can also be set up as stopless. The Harris can have 64 channels per zone if you use the 4-position concentric for Zone Banks - 4 banks of 16 channels each - same deal as on the APX, just there you only get 3 banks. EDIT: I really don't understand the RPM2 hate - if you think its bad, don't look at RPM1. It makes a lot more sense than APX CPS, and it runs a lot faster too.
Who is your BK vendor? Im very glad to hear they have been willing to deal with you and that you have had a good experience. That says a lot and is part of the reason why I am interested in the BKR9000.
I think a better question to ask then who is my vendor would be if there is a BK vendor near you. I’m under the impression that they are all pretty good folks, and willing to sell to you. If you have any challenges, I can point you in the right direction. I just don’t want to send you to the wrong part of the country.
Wow such a great informative video! Lots of material to go over. I am just admitting to myself that I am also a radio afficionado. I own a pair of Relm KNG P800s and a Relm KNG P400. I love them and prefer them over my APX6000 and my Unication pagers and scanners. I am looking at the BKR9000. One of the main points for me since I test how far our systems travel is reception sensitivity on both analog and Trunked P25. Which radio has had the best reception in marginal zones? Both analog and P25.
I am also a radio efficianado if that's how it's spelled lol, anyway don't worry, I have the saaaaame problem lol, I also work for a local law enforcement agency in the the technology division with the communications bureau so I see radios every day, I'm actually in the neighboring county to your north so howdy neighbor :) I took a programming class today put on by BK and it was excellent!
I purchased my 9000 back in December. The software was very easy to work with and one click NAS is a game changer. The easy ability to add and delete from the menus in the field is another nice feature. Had to send it back for the battery firmware update and currently good for about 15 hours of run time. The audio is superior and has turned a few heads at the command post of a few jobs that I have worked. Very happy with radio. Down to one radio and my G-5 for my fire response needs.
I thought about getting one. But my Kenwood uses my already existing accessories from my NX-5K series, supports p25 and DMR soon NXDN. If the bkr9000 did multi digital modes it would be my daily driver. Even though it can't NAS safely yet, my unication picks up that no problem.
@@BESTGAMERHDBGHD When you already have a fully whored out APX8000 with NAS and a boat load of expensive accessories, you need to know the total Dollar amount required to jump ship. I've been tracking the Kenwood Viking VP/VM8000 progress and as of May 13th the DMR is still barely interoperable with other brands. Agencies don't like being beta testers.
I have to agree with you I am a ham operator here in Wisconsin and when I went to a local dealer of other brands here in my town the guuy I talked to wouldn't even give me the info I was asking about I belong to my county's ARES/RACES group and we have a P25 VHF repeater and same protocol UHF repeater since our UHF system took a lightning strike last year and the problem is that for P25 you need commercial gear I called the regional rep for BK and the guy was very helpful and he knew the local dealer and how bad they are so yes that impressed me very much now all I gotta do is get in touch with the dealer he gave me the name of and I have no doubt that dealer will be just as friendly thanks for your info I just wish they had a multi protocol radio like Tait does so I could have one radio for both DMR and P25
First step, is admitting there’s a problem 😂. I’ll take a Phase 2 VHF NAS capable radio, and I’ll give you $1 for it since you were able to pick one. And I’ll see you at the Radio Anonymous meeting on Friday. In reality, I don’t have as many radios as you, or as I used too, but there were days I wished I could just take these features from radio, and put them into another one, and make that perfect radio, and that would be the only way I could narrow my collection, down into one radio. My VP5000, is the newest radio in my collection. I honestly think, buying options and them going to your vault, and then easily added to the radio through armada, is one of the smartest decisions EF johnson made with the viking series. If it could just do NAS, I think it would be a much popular choice in radio, especially with the 8000 series also having DMR. The more of your videos you make on your BKR9000, makes me really start wanting one. BK/RELM has come a long way, in a short amount of time.
I picked up a VP5000 for hobby/scanning use and have been nothing but happy with it. I also operate a large quantity of UHF Viking gear for my business - same statement applies. Vault has its issues but the overall concept is quite sound.
Amazing Videos Content as always my friend!! Keep them coming. For me, I could consolidate to 2 radios for my use: APX8000 and Icom airband. sidenote, heard from one of my friends at motorola who is in charge of Illinois statewide system (StarCom21) that motorola is soon to be pushing out a firmware update to add DMR to APX line of radios as well as P25. Cheers my friend -Brad
I'll eat my APX 8000 if Moto adds DMR to the APX line ever. It is completely against their business model to do - they rake in cash by forcing you to pick either APX or TRBO. Allowing APXs onto much cheaper TRBO/DMR systems would make 0 sense for them.
