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TramD201 no assembled in Mexico sticker
- Thread starter klj2497
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klj2497,
I believe I read somewhere that the D201 with the orange diamond shaped logo (as yours has) is the original "hand wired" version. I guess the diamond was significant to the "Tram Diamond" corporation. And later versions were built in Mexico.
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David
I believe I read somewhere that the D201 with the orange diamond shaped logo (as yours has) is the original "hand wired" version. I guess the diamond was significant to the "Tram Diamond" corporation. And later versions were built in Mexico.
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David
Thanks Dmans Here is another photo. I also read about the orange diamond logo being on the first hand wired version but it looks like its also on some second pc board versions of the d201. ( there is one for sale on ebay with the orange diamond 12/31, it also does not have assembled in Mexico on the back) I have seen a few of these since i have purchased this one. but not many. its a mystery (
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The diamond logo only indicates the factory of origin.
All the first-version "hand-wire" D201 radios have the diamond logo badge on the speaker. They also have the "VOX" feature.
The revised 23-channel radio with the two big circuit boards was built in New Hampshire for only a short while. No VOX on those. These radios share the same "diamond" badge as the older New Hampshire VOX radio.
Production moved to the "Maquiladora" factory just south of the border where the rest of all the circuit-board D201 and D201A radios were built. The mexican radios all have the "snake" typeface "Tram" badge.
I remember a customer who paid big money for a "diamond" D201 at a hamfest without raising the lid to look inside.
Boy was he disappointed when I did. Turned out to be a New Hampshire circuit-board radio, and NOT the original VOX version he hoped.
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All the first-version "hand-wire" D201 radios have the diamond logo badge on the speaker. They also have the "VOX" feature.
The revised 23-channel radio with the two big circuit boards was built in New Hampshire for only a short while. No VOX on those. These radios share the same "diamond" badge as the older New Hampshire VOX radio.
Production moved to the "Maquiladora" factory just south of the border where the rest of all the circuit-board D201 and D201A radios were built. The mexican radios all have the "snake" typeface "Tram" badge.
I remember a customer who paid big money for a "diamond" D201 at a hamfest without raising the lid to look inside.
Boy was he disappointed when I did. Turned out to be a New Hampshire circuit-board radio, and NOT the original VOX version he hoped.
73