Elecraft KAT500 firmware v1.56

Elecraft · Released Feb 9, 2014 · First seen Sep 14, 2026

Source: elecraft.com

v1.56 is not the latest firmware for the Elecraft KAT500: the current version is v2.16 (May 29, 2024). Go to v2.16

What's in this update

Ignore band line chan​ges and AUXBUS frequency messages whi​le transmitting

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