Thread: Date of manufacture for CB radio
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Old September 12th 06, 01:12 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb
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Default Date of manufacture for CB radio
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I have a Cobra 148GTL AM/SSB rig that looks fairly old that was
manufactured in Taiwan. The serial number is 83013217. Can this
information be used to determine the date of manufacture?

-Dave


I don't normally recommend this to CB'ers because 99.9% of time, CB'ers
screw up their radios when they take the covers off of them, and then they
go to ham radio operators and ham newsgroups and whine for help.

Anyway, take the covers off and look at the componant side of the PC
board. Look for chips. The PLL is one you will see the board, but look at
other ones too. Normally on most chips, the date of manufacture is
stamped on it. Two digit year number, then either two digit month number
or week number. It gives a rough idea of how old the radio is and you know
at least the radio was assembled sometime after the latest date you find
on the chips. You also find a date on the PC board when the board was
etched, the CB would have been manufactured sometime after that date.

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