Firmware Updating Program TS-590 Update Version 2.05 (Free) March 2020: Radio Control Program ARCP-590 Version 2.02 (Free) July 2015: Virtual COM Port Driver (Free) April 2021: USB Audio Controller ARUA-10 Version 4.00 (Free) August 2018: KENWOOD NETWORK COMMAND SYSTEM Radio Host Program ARHP-590 Version 2.01 (Free) July 2015. Kenwood KPG-44D is the genuine programming software for the Kenwood TK-690, TK-790, TK-890 two way radio (s). Programming cable sold separately: No programming cable is included. This is a software download only. Operating System Note: This only works on MS-Dos or DOS-Box. We can not offer any support for this software.
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CHIRP is distributed as a series of automatically-generated builds. Any time we make a change to CHIRP, a build is created for it the next day. Thus, CHIRP is versioned by the date on which it was created, which makes it easy to determine if you have an older build. We don't put experimental things into CHIRP before they are ready, except where specifically called out with a warning. Thus, you do not need to worry about finding a stable version to run. You should always be on the latest build available.
Upgrading: You do need to uninstall an existing version of CHIRP before installing a newer one. Just install the new one and it will replace the existing copy!
You can find a complete test report of the current build here and a matrix of supported models and features here
Homebrew users can install Chirp without the KK7DS runtime by running brew install tdsmith/ham/chirp
and then running chirp
from the terminal.
However, running CHIRP using Homebrew is obsolete. MacOS Unified Application build is now the recommended way.
More useful tidbits can be found at MacOS Tips.
Most Linux users will want the flatpak executable, which has the entire runtime integrated and should 'just work.' If you are running an old or weird distro and want the source distribution, grab the tarball from the above link.
There is extensive documentation about the development and contribution process located at http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Developers