[1000mp] READING SERIAL NUMBERS

Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:26:12 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Gerard" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 18:25
Subject: [1000mp] READING SERIAL NUMBERS

Could someone please remind me how to decipher the date code for the serial
number and the date in the hidden menu. Thx es 73 de Bob K2WY

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Here you go Bob, if you have any other questions, please feel free to post
again.

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
[email protected]

----- Original Message -----
From: "WD8ARZ" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 1998 12:49
Subject: FT-1000MP S/N and Date Code Decripting

Hello Morel, here is the serial number break down information for the
FT-1000MP

Serial No:    7  N 250 078

The 7 is year the radio was actually made = 1997
The N is month made starting with January as  C,  =  December
The 250 is batch number =  Batch 25
The 078 is serial number in that batch = 78

Thus the HARDWARE, not the mods made after manufacture, for your FT-1000MP
was manufactured in December 1997 and is serial number 78 in batch 25.

I have heard that batch units are stored, and then just prior to shipping,
known mods are put in. This mod date is what some think is in the menu 9-8.
Please note that this is a changeable setting, so some other person may have
changed it like a car mileage when sold as used, but probably can be trusted
when bought new.

By turning the FT1000MP off, then holding the FAST and LOCK buttons in and
turning the radio back on, the hidden 9-x menu options are available .....
until you power off. To get into the hidden menu, Press and hold the FAST
button, then press ENTER button. You will now find menu options in the 9.x
range.  Menu option 9-8 gives the date. By rotating the sub receiver knob,
you select date segments that then can be changed with the Main Vfo knob.
Menu 9-5 gives a non changeable cpu version level.

Your radio is a very new version, one of the newest I have read about. What
is your CPU version as shown in 9-5, and what date do you get for 9-8?

My FT-1000MP is about one year older and has the following information:
FT1000MP serial number:        7C170105  ( January of 1997)
CPU Version level:                     1.30
Menu 9-8 Date:                           970214c2   (February 14, 1997)

Hope this helps you and others out (and no, I have no idea if this applies
to other models or brands)

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: Morel Grunberg <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, April 05, 1998 12:49 AM
Subject: FT-1000MP S/N 7N250078
:
:Could someone explain what's the manufacturing date of a
:FT-1000MP with S/N  7N250078 ?
:
:73 de Morel, 4X1AD