There is no FT-2000 Mark II. Some people erroneously call FT-20000s that
have had the PEP-2000 software upgrade "Mark II" models, but that's a
misnomer. Yaesu has never called the upgraded rigs the "Mark 2" or
anything else, just the FT-2000, and that's for good reason. In 2009,
Yeasu released a major firmware upgrade for the FT-2000. This firmware
improved several aspects of the FT-2000, but didn't fix many of the
performance issues, like close-in spacing RX performance, etc., because
they didn't change the hardware. Hence there is no Mark 2 model, just
newer firmware.
The first numeral of the serial number will tell you the year of
manufacture of the rig. Here is a link to an explanation of yaesu serial
numbers:
https://ve3ips.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/yaesu-serial-number-and-date-of-manufacturing-decoder/
73,
Scott N9AA
On 4/1/17 8:35 PM, abc7@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'll be looking for a late model (MK2) FT2000 in the near future.
How do I tell from the serial number the year of the radio, and wether or not
it's the MK2.
73..de..Graham
VE7ABC
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