Motorola Serial Number Date Coding

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Letter   Year   Letter    Month
Z         1999   A or B    January
A         2000   C or D    February
B         2001   E or F     March
C         2002   G or H    April
D         2003   J or K     May
E         2004   L or M    June
F         2005   N or P    July
G         2006   Q or R    August
H         2007   S or T    September
J         2008   U or V    October
K         2009   W or X   November
L         2010   Y or Z    December

Example Serial Number: 4 6 6 A J A 1 2 3 4 J = Year 2008 A = Month January

[Karfield]

Good chart, just a quick addition since there are several users with radios older than 1999 the letters have flipped since 1999. For example OOOATSXXXX was originally a 1992 model made at the beginning of September.

Also for those that don't know in the above example the A stands for where it was made, in this case Ft. Lauderdale. I'll include the locations I can remember.

A. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
C. Schaumburg, IL
T. Penang, Malasia
I. Swinden (I think could also be Lebanon)

[n7maq]

I. Swinden (I think could also be Lebanon)

I have also seen info to show I as Ireland, or any EU country (I don't know where all the have manufacturing plants).

Jim

[Terriers618]

Can we add those details the the serial number mfg page on batlabs.com? Who should this post be flagged to to have that done.

[FireCpt809]

I cant remember the last time batlabs.com was updated..

[techie]

http://www.batlabs.com and batboard.batlabs.com are under different ownership/management.
The guy who runs http://www.batlabs.com seems to have dropped off the face of the earth, but as long as the domain is
still functional, and the dns zone continues to be served, we're happy.. Hopefully the domain will be renewed in the next 3 months,
as it is up for renewal soon, and expires October 8th..

[486dx4]

Did anyone see this page that is on the batlabs site? There is no link to this page from the batlabs home page so its hard to get to unless you got the URL from elsewhere. I googled it and this URL came up.

http://www.batlabs.com/mfgtabl.html

That seems to be more comprehensive with the dates and years. The Repeater Builder site has this table as well.

[Terriers618]

Yes that page is under the utilities link off the main page - its what I was talking about updating.

Didn't know that board and regular site were under diff ownership. If I can get in touch with someone I would be interested in hosting batlabs.com if the original gentlemen has no interest in continuing to do so. Its a very valuable resource that I would love to keep alive!

[Victor Xray]

Alex has explained in previous threads what steps anyone needs to take to get the main batlabs.com pages updated. Here is one such thread:
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... 08#p326708

In summary - send Alex an email with the changes needed, or just send him a whole new HTML page, and he will send that info to the owner of the Batlabs page. Email [email protected]

[alex]

VX is correct.

This includes added pages as well - if you don't see something and wish it to be there - I'm sure I can get that done as well.

It's rather easy to get done - just follow the instructions!

-Alex

[Karfield]

Just wanted to add in another location code I noticed today.

H: appears to be China. Guess they are making the EX series radios, maybe others but so far this is all I've seen.

[Will]

Good chart, just a quick addition since there are several users with radios older than 1999 the letters have flipped since 1999. For example OOOATSXXXX was originally a 1992 model made at the beginning of September.

Also for those that don't know in the above example the A stands for where it was made, in this case Ft. Lauderdale. I'll include the locations I can remember.

A. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
C. Schaumburg, IL
T. Penang, Malasia
I. Swinden (I think could also be Lebanon)

H Texas. The Spectras were made there.