Motorola Radio Serial Number Decoder

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Determining Date of Manufacture from the Serial Number
This page was developed by Mike Morris WA6ILQ from an email sent to Repeater-Builder.

The XTS 5000 family of ASTRO digital portable two-way radios deliver sophisticated features - signaling schemes, encryption, analog/digital compatibility, conventional and trunking capability. Check your flashcode on the decoder to see what options are installed.

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  1. Determining Date of Manufacture from the Serial Number This page was developed by Mike Morris WA6ILQ from an email sent to Repeater-Builder. Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2006 Subject: How to Translate Motorola Serial numbers to Determine the Date of Manufacture Most Motorola products follow the same serial number conventions.
  2. This page is a work in progress. It hopefully will be a one stop shop for Motorola 2-way model number decoding. All the charts we have are located here. If you have anything to add, email us, and we will add it to the list.


The following information was obtained directly from Motorola and sent to Repeater-Builder for inclusion in this document.

Serial Number Format
Direct from Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions equipment serial numbers follow two standard formats.

First format: three digits, three letters, and four digits:The fifth character of the serial number represents the YEAR code and the sixth character represents the MONTH code. Example:

Decodes to 2010 (L), first half of November (W).

Second format: two digits, four letters, one digit, and four letters:The ninth character of the serial number represents the YEAR code, the tenth character represents the MONTH code and the eleventh character represents the WARRANTY period code. Example:

Motorola Radio Serial Number Decoder

Decodes to 2010 (L), first half of November (W), 1 Year Standard Warranty (J).

The values in each position correspond to the following pre-determined year, month or warranty period codes. Note that there are two entries for every month: the first represents the first half of the month; the second represents the second half of the month.

Motorola Radio Serial Number Decoder
VALUEYEARMONTHWARRANTY PERIOD
A2000JAN1 year
B2001JAN3 years
C2002FEB5 years
D2003FEB2 years
E2004MARNo warranty
F2005MAR90 days
G2006APRN/A
H2007APR3 years, Canada only
J2008MAY1 year, standard
K2009MAYN/A
L2010JUN1 year, OEM
M2011JUN1 year, OEM
N2012JUL5 years
P2013JUL5 years
Q2014AUG3 years
R2015AUG90 days, refurbished
S2016SEP3 years
T2017SEPOEM telephone, serviced by dealers only
U2018OCT90 days
V2019OCTN/A
W2020NOV2 years
X2021NOV5 years
Y2022DEC3 years
Z2023DEC3 years

NOTE: To be utilized for Subscriber equipment, Infrastructure equipment, and iDEN.

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The author can be contacted at: his-callsign // at // repeater-builder // dot // com.

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