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Can someone identify these two UHF stubby antennas for CP200, CP100d, etc.? The one on the left is currently shown as a PMAE4003 in the Motorola store while the one on the right is what I thought was a PMAE4003 and is shown in many other sources. Is Moto confused and, if so, what is the one on the left and is it specific to some model radio for some reason?

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The antenna on the left is a stubby VHF antenna. Not UHF. The stubby UHF antenna on the right is the “newer” cone shaped UHF stubby to take over for the old design. PMAE4003 is the part number for the cone shaped antenna on the right.
 
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This is what led me to ask, from shop-business.motorolasolutions.com when I look at PMAE4003A:
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[Add] and this, with grooves near the bottom:
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[Add] So, I guess the pic on their website is of the "old-style" PMAE4003A and I had a mis-sorted VHF stubby sitting in the UHF box. :)
 
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Just to further document, apparently, the pic is of the older NAE6522:
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Personally ascetically, I like the look of the older style 6552 much better than that cone shaped monstrosity. Only bad part is, most of those 6552 antennas are getting older now and are starting to crack / break. I still have tons of them on my Radius radios. Most are in great shape but a few of them are starting to crack / show their age.

That cone shaped Stubby UHF antenna first showed up on the Spirit M series radio back in the early 2000’s. Hated them ever since.
 
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Yeah – I see it now in the CP150, CP200, and PR400 manuals. My recent experience is that the newer antennas break more themselves while the older style, being stiffer, tends to break or loosen the antenna "nut" (jack). Better for the user, not so much for repair revenue. :|
 
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