Batboard

Ok. Panter selling lots of radios with good serials but no tags.

I got one and can have the sys admin program it if i can get a tag on it.

Any suggestion as to a tag that small.

Frank

oh jesus, sounds like the system mgr of our Astro 25 system. she won't accept any radio that doesn't have a serial tag REGARDLESS of it's origin or history (even if said radios came from another agency as a donation)...so we just whip out the old P-touch and print a two line label with model and serial number. The 1/2 inch tape if you can get it can be made to fit nicely in the little spaces for labels on the rear chassis.

I have a label printer that can print close enough labels that match MT2000.

Maybe better question is the source for blank labels that size.

Our sysadmin will allow 2nd hand radios just have to have tags.

You have to get creative to make decent, individually numbered, labels.

First thing you need is a sheet of Avery labels for your printer, the small size
ones about one inch high.

Second thing you need is a corner cutter (my word for it) which is a device
sold in office supply stores for about five bucks. Mine has the name "CARL"
on it and of course it's made in China. This thing lets you make decent and
repeatable corner cuts on the Avery label after you've printed it and cut it to
size (BEFORE YOU REMOVE THE BACKING!!!) to fit the space on the radio's chassis.
Try as I might I can never get those rounded corners right by freehand cutting,
but the corner cutter will do it right every time and for five bucks it's worth having.

Send me a PM if you need any help on this.

I was wondering how you did that Tom. I bought that saber I from you years ago you had a nice tag on the back that looked factory..

parts built radio for public safety?? realllllllllly? come on now

While I don't think I would recomend a Panter radio for public safety life and death communication, he didn't say thats what it was for and they are not parts built radios.

Most are factory built radios removed from a warehouse after a sprinkler system went off. Many were kept by motorola techs, I have spoken to several about them and got more or less the same story, and the rest sold for scrap.

I checked unit out with service monitor to verify operation and operating within specs.

Mainly it an off duty radio. But i want it registered properly rather than me using another radio id.

Frank

n3obl wrote:I checked unit out with service monitor to verify operation and operating within specs.

Mainly it an off duty radio. But i want it registered properly rather than me using another radio id.

Check BER on Panter radios at different freqs and you will see a horror!

Batwings21 wrote:While I don't think I would recomend a Panter radio for public safety life and death communication, he didn't say thats what it was for and they are not parts built radios.

Most are factory built radios removed from a warehouse after a sprinkler system went off. Many were kept by motorola techs, I have spoken to several about them and got more or less the same story, and the rest sold for scrap.

they are parts built, i can tell you this with certainty. panter's 123abc radios are gone for the most part, he sold them long ago. the sprinkler story is cold product and has been discussed ad nauseum here

MotoFAN wrote:

n3obl wrote:I checked unit out with service monitor to verify operation and operating within specs.

Mainly it an off duty radio. But i want it registered properly rather than me using another radio id.

Check BER on Panter radios at different freqs and you will see a horror!

I have on my UHF Q split 2500, and it's LOWER and has better sensitivity in analog mode than a FACTORY NEW XTS5000 I have. A good alignment will usually clear up any performance issues. No, they should not be used in mission critical applications, but if you get down to liability issues, neither should any used or second hand radio that hasn't been certified IN WRITING by a competent technician at a legit MSS.

MTS2000des wrote:I have on my UHF Q split 2500, and it's LOWER and has better sensitivity in analog mode than a FACTORY NEW XTS5000 I have. A good alignment will usually clear up any performance issues. No, they should not be used in mission critical applications, but if you get down to liability issues, neither should any used or second hand radio that hasn't been certified IN WRITING by a competent technician at a legit MSS.

If you able to completely re-align it, of course.