[Elecraft] KAT500 Firmware Revisions for MAC OS X

[Mike Reublin]

I run Win7 in Parallels on my MacBook Pro. Both OSs available at the same time. I do have to manually switch USB ports, but that's just a click.

73, Mike NF4L

On Jun 1, 2014, at 7:46 PM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Be careful, Brian. I bought one for my cousin to use, an iBook, back in 2005. He passed away before I was able to give it to him. I started using it just to see what the fuss was all about. I was hooked -- and none of my MacBooks have cost less than 2 kilobucks as outfitted. Beware :-)
> 
> My main MacBook is dual-boot into Windows 7. There's just too much software I use tethering me to the Windows world.
> 
> 73, Phil W7OX
> 
> On 6/1/14, 4:38 PM, Brian Alsop wrote:
>> Guys,
>> 
>> I apologize if my posting offended anybody.
>> 
>> This is not such a far fetched question.  In fact my son-in-law has such a household.  It made video chats with our 4 year old grandson a real problem.  He won't even use SKYPE and insists on FACETIME.
>> 
>> So how was this resolved?  He loaned me a 1 kilobuck MAC laptop....
>> Now we can do FACETIME too.
>> 
>> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>> 
>> 
>> On 6/1/2014 22:59, Scott Manthe wrote:
>>> There should be no reason that Ted should have to borrow a PC in order
>>> to update the firmware in his KAT500. The OSX utility should have the
>>> same functionality as the Windows version. In any case, there's also no
>>> reason he should have to put up with a lack of courtesy when asking a
>>> question on the reflector.
>>> 
>>> Ted- Did you try searching for the firmware manually?
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Scott, N9AA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6/1/14 6:35 PM, Brian Alsop wrote:
>>>> Are WINDOWS PC's banned from your household?
>>>> 
>>>> Certainly you know somebody who owns a WINDOW's laptop.
>>>> 
>>>> If the situation were reversed and I needed an APPLE computer for a
>>>> few minutes to install new firmware, I'd beg or borrow one.
>>>> 
>>>> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>>>> 
>>>> On 6/1/2014 22:28, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>>>>> The current firmware version for the KAT500 is apparently MCU 1.67.
>>>>> To access it requires the KAT500 Utility version 14.2.20. That,
>>>>> however, seems to be available only for Windows.  The latest utility
>>>>> version for Mac OS X on the website is 1.14.2.1.  When I run that,
>>>>> the latest firmware version it finds is 1.41.  Unfortunately 1.41
>>>>> seems not to give the KAT500 the capability of tracking the frequency
>>>>> setting from the K3 as it tunes - with F/W 1.41 retunes only on the
>>>>> first dit.  Am I doing something wrong?  Is there a way to get 1.67
>>>>> using a Mac (short of installing Windows on the Mac)?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for whatever advice might be offered . . .
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ted, KN1CBR
>>> 
>>> ______
> 
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