Peter wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
How do you find the year it was made in the serial #?

Howdy Teleamon...

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong... It's the first digit in the
serial number. For instance, 7Lxxxxxxxx is 1997 manufacture date.

RG

Mine is *2J1294etc...
It was made in 2002. Does the J mean it was made in the 10th month, October?

Pierre
"RadioGuy" wrote in message
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Peter wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
How do you find the year it was made in the serial #?

Howdy Teleamon...

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong... It's the first digit in the
serial number. For instance, 7Lxxxxxxxx is 1997 manufacture date.

RG

Peter wrote in message
news
Mine is *2J1294etc...
It was made in 2002. Does the J mean it was made in the 10th month,
October?

You know I think you are right... J is October and my L is December.

The 1294 is the model number and is the same as mine---interesting... no
changes to the R8B between December 1997 and October 2002.

Gosh... it's been a long time... I just can't be sure about it.

RG

"RadioGuy" wrote in message
...

Peter wrote in message
news
Mine is *2J1294etc...
It was made in 2002. Does the J mean it was made in the 10th month,
October?

You know I think you are right... J is October and my L is December.

The 1294 is the model number and is the same as mine---interesting... no
changes to the R8B between December 1997 and October 2002.

Gosh... it's been a long time... I just can't be sure about it.

RG



That the model number is the same means little w.r.t. changes. Since there
is a manufacturing date included, thre could be design changes every month.

I know for a fact there was a design change between "9L" and "1I". The RF
boards are different.

craigm

craigm wrote in message
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"RadioGuy" wrote in message
...

Peter wrote in message
news
Mine is *2J1294etc...
It was made in 2002. Does the J mean it was made in the 10th month,
October?

You know I think you are right... J is October and my L is December.

The 1294 is the model number and is the same as mine---interesting... no
changes to the R8B between December 1997 and October 2002.

Gosh... it's been a long time... I just can't be sure about it.

RG



That the model number is the same means little w.r.t. changes. Since there
is a manufacturing date included, thre could be design changes every
month.

I know for a fact there was a design change between "9L" and "1I". The RF
boards are different.

craigm

Thanks for the reply.

What is 'w.r.t.' ? I haven't seen that one.

BTW, is there a listing of design changes made by Drake to the R8B over its
history?

RG

craigm wrote:

That the model number is the same means little w.r.t. changes. Since there
is a manufacturing date included, thre could be design changes every month.

I know for a fact there was a design change between "9L" and "1I". The RF
boards are different.

craigm

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"RadioGuy" wrote:

Peter wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
How do you find the year it was made in the serial #?

Howdy Teleamon...

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong... It's the first digit in the
serial number. For instance, 7Lxxxxxxxx is 1997 manufacture date.


According to thread posted earlier this year between N8KDV and Al
Patrick you are right about the year. The "L" denotes the month December
the "L" being the "12" letter in the alphabet and if you have an R8B the
next four digits are 1294, which is the model number.

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