So I have been trying to find an APX 6000XE, 7000XE, or 8000XE, that has VHF so I can use it with my fire department, but literally every radio I come across seems to be missing tags with “legit” serial numbers. Why are almost all the APX radios on eBay missing tags? I am not trying to spend a fortune so an APX 6000Xe would be great.
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APX radios missing tags
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MSS-Dave
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I don't mean this to sound snarky but... It IS eBay or greed Bay or steal Bay, etc.... There are reputable sellers on there but just as many or more misrepresenting things and trying to sell trash as solid pieces of equipment. Ask for some recommendations from people on this board or others as to sellers. As has been said before, buy the seller, not the radio. Reputation goes a long way in this business.
Many of the Ebay and Facebook APX sales are of ALT ( accelerated Life Testing) Developmental or parts built radios and have been known to have come from the grey market. These radios should have never left the scrapper or recycler few have walked out the back door of Motorola. One seller in particular was selling these and having someone counterfeit labels.
N4KVE
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Most today seem to come from Malaysia, Mexico, & a few from the USA. The rumor circulating around ham fests is they are made in Malaysia, & shipped to Moto in Chicago where "tags" are applied. It seems large quantities of these radios fall out the back door at the Malaysia plant, & never make it to Chicago, so no tags. While they are not missing from a hook, & ladder in NYC, or Chicago, they are still missing. As for no tags, but good serial #, I can only imagine someone is entering legit sounding serial numbers to the radio using Depot. But somewhere out there will be another radio that legitimately has the serial # in the "no tag radio". Imagine if the real one got stolen, & your radio has the same ser #, & the cops are running it . OOPS. But legit tagged 8000's are at $8000, & no tag ones are $3000-$4500.
Nice fairy tale. There is no longer production facilities in Chicago
I've bought a few eBay radios from Panter88 and have never been disappointed. They've all been rock solid good radios, and they never transmit outside a ham band.
N4KVE
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Well how else can the plethora of radios on E-Bay be explained. They can’t all be ALT radios. Got a better explanation?
XTS and older could be surplus. APXs are probably parts-built.
Ask AA where or who he has making them for him...
Thank you all for that information! I messaged the seller who is selling the APX 6000XE on there and he told me it is a parts built radio. Probably not a good idea to use it for my fire department I would imagine. Also, any idea what a green APX 6000 XE VHF should run me? I really don’t need anything else just conventional VHF.
Why not just get an XTS5000 or even a XTS3000 if only conventional VHF is needed. Save your self a boat load of cash!
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