With Yaesu, I'm led to believe the 1st number denotes the final year of manufacture, and the 2nd letter denotes the month of manufacture.
This is all well & good for a rig that's only been in production for under a decade, but as the FT-857D has been in production since circa 2002 (I think), this would mean my serial number would indicate my radio was made in either 2004 or 2014!
Can anybody in the know, please work out when mine was made?
This is all well & good for a rig that's only been in production for under a decade, but as the FT-857D has been in production since circa 2002 (I think), this would mean my serial number would indicate my radio was made in either 2004 or 2014!
Can anybody in the know, please work out when mine was made?