The much revised Mac-Based Amateur Radio Applications guide can be viewed and downloaded from the Amateur Radio/Mac Amateur Radio Digital Applications area.

The guide is focused on an M1 silicon-based Mac – my personal MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) recently transitioning to MacOS 14 (Sonoma), with a Kenwood TS-990S; M2 Macs should not be an issue.  Older Intel silicon-based Macs can also effectively run the logger and the applications as presented in the guide.  Examples include a MacBook Pro (15-inch, mid-2015) running MacOS 12 (Monterey) used by my youngest son, Kris, KF0KVY, with a Kenwood TS-590S.  An even older MacBook Air (mid-2012) running MacOS 10 (Catalina) was used by my oldest son, Nate, KD5OCU, with an Icom IC-7300; he now uses a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) running MacOS 13 (Ventura).

SSB transmit audio configurations are now included for the TS-990S, FTDX10, and FT-710 Transceivers (eventhough I am not on SSB much).  Also included are the Radiosport RS60CF Headset, and the Bose QC35 Headset (w/Mic) using a custom fabricated interfacing cable assembly

The primary equipment and software covered in the Mac-Based Amateur Radio Applications guide includes:

• Computers

  • MacBook Pro (M1, 2021) running MacOS 13 (Sonoma)

  • MacBook Pro (Mid-2015) running MacOS 12 (Ventura)

  • MacBook Air (2012) running MacOS 10 (Monterey)

• Transceivers

  • Kenwood TS-990S HF/50 MHz Transceiver

  • Yaesu FTDX10 HF/50 MHz Transceiver

  • Kenwood TS-590S HF/50 MHz All Mode Transceiver

  • Icom IC-7300 HF/50 MHz Transceiver

  • Yaesu FT-710 HF/50 MHz Transceiver

• Logging Application

  • MacLoggerDX (MLDX)

• Digital Applications

  • WSJT-X

  • fldigi

• Other Applications

  • SkookumLogger

  • WinKeyer USB

The Mac-Based Amateur Radio Applications guide started as a personal project documenting configuration challenges and trials mainly getting fldigi configured and logically integrated with MLDX using a Macintosh computer (Mac) and a Kenwood TS-990S HF/50 MHz Transceiver during 2018.  WSJT-X and its configuration and integration with MLDX were also documented.  I figured if I struggled with the configuration and integration with MLDX, fldigi, and WSJT-X and succeeded; then there may be others "out there" that could benefit.

The first attempt creating a website still languishes "out there" on qsl.net at https://www.qsl.net/vk8jj/.  It was created shortly after returning to Alice Springs in APR98.  Unfortunately due to work and family, it was never updated after moving to another residence about a year later (where we lived for another 5+ years until returing back to the US and Colorado in 2004).  It had been several years since last seeing it -- thinking that it might have been deleted.