I just checked the factory date in the hidden menus on my Mark V Field it is 02022203 which interrupts to Feb 22, 2002 the date the radio was aligned and programmed before it shipped. The serial number starts with a 2C which means January 2002 when the radio was made. It seems the radio I received last Friday was made and programmed in January and Feburary. Am I correct with this assumption. ed aa8pa