Serial Numbers Manufacture Date

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Have you ever been at a HamFest trying to figure out just when that rare FT 101e or somesuch was built? You see lots of alphanumerics but not a clue about the date of manufacture. Well, Kevin – K7ZS – of the Willamette Valley DX Club http://wvdxc.org/ , lets his Yaesu geek flag fly as he shares the tricks to decoding Yaesu’s production dates….
The secret to Yaesu’s serial numbers gives you the key to determining a radio’s age

  1. Weatherby Serial Numbers Manufacture Dates
  2. Savage Arms Serial Numbers Manufacture Date
  3. Kahr Serial Numbers Production Dates

The serial number is usually 2 letters, followed by 6 numbers: 0J123987

The first digit of the serial number is the last digit of the year of manufacture, the second digit of the serial number will be a letter, the letters spot in the alphabet – 2 equals month Then

Serial Numbers Manufacture Date

Weatherby Serial Numbers Manufacture Dates

C – January
D – February
E – March
F – April
G – May
H – June
I – July
J – August
K – September
L – October
M – November
N – December

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Savage Arms Serial Numbers Manufacture Date

Next 3 numbers are a ‘batch id’, and the last 3 numbers are the actual unit within the batch.

Kahr Serial Numbers Production Dates

  • The serial number is usually the key to determining the manufacturing date (aka 'age') of most major home appliances. You can use our age finder service to try to find out how old your appliance may be.
  • Dates of Production by Model and Serial Number for Model 70 Year: Serial Number at Start of Year: Number Produced: 1935: 1: 19: 1936: 20: 2218: 1937.
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11= Factory code ( manufacturer code for what plant it was built in ) 12,13,14,15,16,17= Vehicle Identification Number ( serial number ) So for example a 2003 Kawasaki Ninja 500 would look something like this JKA GM71A X 3 2 123456 JKA= Japan,Kawasaki,Motorcycle GM71A= Multiple cylinder sport/street, 400-499cc, 4stroke four, Version1, Base model. The first section of numbers in the serial number is the model number, and the second set of numbers represents the manufacturing date. The first part of the serial number is your model number. It is a series of 8 to 9 letters and numbers specific to your model. Manufacturing Date.

So, in my example:
0 – in this case probably year 2000, (they don’t provide for producing an exact model over 10 years!)
J – August
123 – batch #123
987 – radio # 987 in batch 123

Impress your fellow Yaesu nerds with this bit of magic!