"Plantation PQE" Label
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"Plantation PQE" Label
Greetings,
I have a friend that purchased a radio on eBay. It has this sticker on it. I then just saw another radio that was purchased on eBay that has a similar sticker. I have heard a number of rumors that this means the radio is an engineering and was not supposed to be sold. I was just wondering if anyone here can confirm what this means.
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Matt
I have a friend that purchased a radio on eBay. It has this sticker on it. I then just saw another radio that was purchased on eBay that has a similar sticker. I have heard a number of rumors that this means the radio is an engineering and was not supposed to be sold. I was just wondering if anyone here can confirm what this means.
Thanks,
Matt
Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
What radio? Model?
Some hand held portables were made in Plantation Fl. Motorola had a plant there and Engineering facilities.
Some hand held portables were made in Plantation Fl. Motorola had a plant there and Engineering facilities.
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
It is an XTS 5000, model H18KEH9PW7AN. Where there would usually be the black and green "FM approved" label, there is a small sticker (about 2/3's the size of the normal stickers) centered. It says "Plantation PQE" has a barcode in the center, and on the bottom has the M logo and "Intelligence Everywhere". It was clearly made with a thermal printer. I don't have a picture of it at the moment, but I could take one in a few hours when I get home.
Also, when the moderator reads this, any chance I could get moved to the normal users groups? I'm not really sure where I'm supposed to make that request...
Thanks,
Matt
Also, when the moderator reads this, any chance I could get moved to the normal users groups? I'm not really sure where I'm supposed to make that request...
Thanks,
Matt
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
On the ser# of a "M" radio looking at the 3 letters in the middle, if the 1st letter is "A" that radio was made in Plantation. [Ft. Lauderdale] "C" means Shaumberg. [Chicago] Over the years I knew lots of tech's & engineers who worked there, & their radios seemed to have regular tags. I lived many years 3 miles east of the plant. GARY N4KVE
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
First letter of the serial number is a C (CDQ).N4KVE wrote:On the ser# of a "M" radio looking at the 3 letters in the middle, if the 1st letter is "A" that radio was made in Plantation. "C" means Shaumberg. [Chicago] Over the years I knew lots of tech's & engineers who worked there, & their radios seemed to have regular tags. I lived many years 3 miles east of the plant. GARY N4KVE
Label says:
Plantation PQE
ALT Lot # 00721XTSVD
<BARCODE>
3703051914
intelligence M everywhere
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
Interesting, I have a JT1000 VHF made in 2003 that has a S/N who's letters are CCJ, yet the tag says MADE BY MOTOROLA IN MALAYSIA.N4KVE wrote:On the ser# of a "M" radio looking at the 3 letters in the middle, if the 1st letter is "A" that radio was made in Plantation. [Ft. Lauderdale] "C" means Shaumberg. [Chicago] Over the years I knew lots of tech's & engineers who worked there, & their radios seemed to have regular tags. I lived many years 3 miles east of the plant. GARY N4KVE
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
And I just pulled out a couple of MTX 838's & they are made in Malaysia, & they say 511TAC00xx. Eric, was the ser# decal black or white? One of my friends who worked at the plant near me was given a bunch of VHF, & UHF MTX radios with components, & instructions to turn them into JT1000's. This was before they had their own separate controller board. After the components were replaced, & the radios were tested, he replaced the ser# sticker to show it was now a JT1000. Maybe your radio had a similar start, being built in Malasia, & converted in the US. I remember seeing very early pre production MTS2000 radios that the employees carried. They had gold 50th anniversary decals. The ABC switch was longer than the production ones, & the controller board was not a flashport design with the 2 chips. It was a single chip MTX type controller. Very low 1. something fw, not upgradable. But yet a normal MTS2000 serial tag. A couple of my friends built the MX that was taken into space on the space shuttle. Saw lots of neat stuff back then. GARY N4KVE
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
Just a guess, may of gotten serviced in Schaumburg with something necessitating a new label and ser# was grabbed from ESN and printed out on a depot label ?
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
N4KVE wrote:And I just pulled out a couple of MTX 838's & they are made in Malaysia, & they say 511TAC00xx. Eric, was the ser# decal black or white? One of my friends who worked at the plant near me was given a bunch of VHF, & UHF MTX radios with components, & instructions to turn them into JT1000's. This was before they had their own separate controller board. After the components were replaced, & the radios were tested, he replaced the ser# sticker to show it was now a JT1000. Maybe your radio had a similar start, being built in Malasia, & converted in the US. I remember seeing very early pre production MTS2000 radios that the employees carried. They had gold 50th anniversary decals. The ABC switch was longer than the production ones, & the controller board was not a flashport design with the 2 chips. It was a single chip MTX type controller. Very low 1. something fw, not upgradable. But yet a normal MTS2000 serial tag. A couple of my friends built the MX that was taken into space on the space shuttle. Saw lots of neat stuff back then. GARY N4KVE
the label is black, shiny black- which is like the Schaumberg radios, but it says Made In Malaysia by Motorola. It was an Ebay find, surplus from Phoenix, AZ.
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
Just like a Chinese AK47, there are no firm rules & always an exception. The Malaysia serial tags I've seen were white. Like a depot tag. At least mine are. It appears the OP has a radio that was used by the factory. But from his description it seems to have a regular ser# tag. Certainly not a 123ABC radio. GARY N4KVEMTS2000des wrote:the label is black, shiny black- which is like the Schaumberg radios, but it says Made In Malaysia by Motorola. It was an Ebay find, surplus from Phoenix, AZ.N4KVE wrote:
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Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
How about a pic. of this 'PQE' label ?
Re: "Plantation PQE" Label
The poster said it says "ALT Lot#". That sounds a heck of a lot like it was an Accelerated Life Test radio.
A friend bought an XTS2500 that was an ex-ALT radio as well. You'd likely never know, however I wouldn't use it for anything above an Amateur/Hobby capacity.
A friend bought an XTS2500 that was an ex-ALT radio as well. You'd likely never know, however I wouldn't use it for anything above an Amateur/Hobby capacity.