[Kenwood] ts 870

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:43:42 +0000

According to Kenwood technical bulletin ATB-0023, published 10/11/96, the 
part part number printed on the Eproms should end in "F"  (IC4= 
27C256PCJJTF) if you have the new prom and "E" if you have the old one 
(IC4= 27C256JJTE)

At 07:23 PM 9/28/02 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>On 19 Sep 2002 at 4:26, james h edwards wrote:
>
> > Hello i have found a 870 with ser........#71,mil.. is that a high enough
> > ser.# to have the new chips and up grades  thanks harold n5tog 73`s
> >
> > - - -
> >
>
>Hi Jim
>
>To work out year, first number is -2 (minus 2) for year ie: 7 would be
>1995, next two numbers are month *but not 01 for January* , 01 is April
>for start of Fiscal year, so if you had 712xxxx as serial number then it
>would be March 1996.
>
> >From the info I have the original bugs where only for the first few
>months of production then the eproms where re done, does anyone
>know when the 870S was introduced ?
>
>Hope this helps
>
>73
>--
>Bob Mason
>http://www.mm0bqm.co.uk
>
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