Kenwood ts940 with high serial number

This radio has the antenna tuner installed. This tranceiver has been aligned and all 3 memory batteries have just been replaced. Comes with 5 foot power cord. Tested on all bands thru a dummy load and also tested on 40 and 75 meters — great reports on both! Please know that when you purchase this transceiver, it will come to you carefully packed — double boxed.

It will not be dirty inside or out or have any adverse odor. It will have been cleaned and tested fully and lubricated to work as quietly as possible so that when you provide it power, it will operate as intended. Our technical staff is very well versed in this equipment and they have inspected, tested, lubricated and repaired if necessary your purchase before it was listed for sale. Am I to assume ? Is this method of determining age accurate for Kenwood? As to the 8,, or 8 million..

You are correct, it does have 7 digits. Top 1. Spam Report. Red Wave Radio. Kenwood Serial Numbers??? Larry AD0G. The first thing I did was call Kenwood and they say that there is NO way to tell a radios age by the serial number unless you have the manufacturing list that only they have. However, I have received email replies that pretty much back up the rule of thumb that I mentioned.

So maybe it is a fairly accurate way to tell a Kenwood radio's age. This equation works with TS but not with other models. If you have a TS with 20million serial number, it must be the latest production from Kenwood.

They stop making them when they first released TS, and they remade them by public demand and they put serial number from 20mil. Before this, I believe 8million is the latest production. I don't know why it jumped from 8mil to 20mil only those Kenwood guys know.