[time-nuts] FE-5680A arrived

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Mine is 0436 (still untested- too busy) 


-Dave 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Gottlieb" <nerd at verizon.net> 
To: time-nuts at febo.com 
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:09:51 PM 
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A arrived 

Got another one today, date code 0435. 


On 1/10/2012 10:48 PM, Peter Bell wrote: 
> Hi, Joseph 
> 
> The unit number just seems to be a mechanical serial number - all you 
> can really say about it is that higher numbers are newer. The most 
> useful number is the 4 digit prefix on the serial number - this is an 
> EIA format date code (two digits of year, two digits of week) - all 
> the units I've seen have been from '03 or '04 - the newest one I have 
> is 0420 - so dating from early June 2004. There is also another date 
> / revision label on the main PCB (visible by removing the bottom 
> cover) - this seems to be the PCBA build date. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Pete 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Joseph Gray<jgray at zianet.com> wrote: 
>> With all the talk on the list about these things, and considering the 
>> price, I could no longer resist temptation and ordered two from 
>> nichegeek. 
>> 
>> First, I was amazed at the speed at which I received these units. The 
>> order was placed last Friday, the shipment went out late Saturday and 
>> I received them today (Tuesday). In my experience, it has always taken 
>> two weeks or more to receive anything from China. I couldn't believe I 
>> got these in just three days. 
>> 
>> BTW, I paid $38 each with the free shipping. An outstanding deal IMO. 
>> I also received the semi-useless freebies. 
>> 
>> My only quibble so far is that both units were packed in nothing more 
>> than a large envelope, with a thin layer of bubble wrap added. Nothing 
>> is dented or rattling around, so hopefully they are OK. I'm just about 
>> to wire up a cable and power them on, so I'll know soon. 
>> 
>> The units I got have numbers of UN 71xxx and UN 78xxx. I don't know 
>> exactly what this means, but according to the ebay sellers, they are 
>> claiming that 6xxxx and 7xxxx numbers indicate newer units. Can anyone 
>> decipher this number sequence? 
>> 
>> Joe Gray 
>> W5JG 
>> 
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