* w1nk@cox.net <w1nk@cox.net> [2007 Feb 14 07:39 -0600]:
> Serial number format is YMLLUUUU where
> 
> Y is the last digit of the year,
> M is the month with C = Jan, D = Feb and so on,
> LL is the lot number  and
> UUUU is the unit number within the lot. 
> 
> Frank, W1NK
> 
> Sorry, the best I could do on manufacturing years is that production started 
> in 1991
My guess on the FT-990 production run was that it probably ended about
the time the FT-1000MP was introduced.  The latest models were probably
produced around 1994 or 1995, but I doubt later than that based on
advertising, as I recall.
73, de Nate >>
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