diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e73e2129c..7f48f4783 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -361,4 +361,4 @@ Terry Dawson, VK2KTJ, <terry (at) users.sourceforge.net>
 Alexander Sack <pisymbol (at) gmail.com>
 Nirgal Vourgère <contact_hamlib (at) nirgal.com>
 Andrew Errington <a.errington (at) lancaster.ac.uk>
-Kārlis Millers YL3CAAK <karlis.millers at @ gmail.com>
+Kārlis Millers YL3ALK <yl3alk (at) lrg.lv>
diff --git a/yaesu/ft600.c b/yaesu/ft600.c
index 7078326a5..7c35a0381 100644
--- a/yaesu/ft600.c
+++ b/yaesu/ft600.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  * hamlib - (C) Frank Singleton 2000-2003
  *          (C) Stephane Fillod 2000-2010
  *
- * ft600.c - (C) Kārlis Millers YL3CAAK 2019
+ * ft600.c -(C) Kārlis Millers YL3ALK 2019
+ *
  * This shared library provides an API for communicating
  * via serial interface to an FT-600 using the "CAT" interface.
  * The starting point for this code was Chris Karpinsky's ft100 implementation.
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ const struct rig_caps ft600_caps = {
   .rig_model = 		RIG_MODEL_FT600,
   .model_name = 	"FT-600",
   .mfg_name = 		"Yaesu",
-  .version = 		"0.1",
+  .version = 		"0.2",
   .copyright = 		"LGPL",
-  .status = 		RIG_STATUS_ALPHA,
+  .status = 		RIG_STATUS_BETA,
   .rig_type = 		RIG_TYPE_TRANSCEIVER,
   .ptt_type = 		RIG_PTT_RIG,
   .dcd_type = 		RIG_DCD_NONE,
@@ -383,10 +384,7 @@ int ft600_get_freq(RIG *rig, vfo_t vfo, freq_t *freq) {
 
    struct ft600_priv_data *priv = (struct ft600_priv_data*)rig->state.priv;
    freq_t f;
-   char *ptr;
-   char freq_str[10];
    int ret;
-
    rig_debug(RIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE,"ft600: get_freq \n");
 
    if( !freq )  return -RIG_EINVAL;
@@ -396,13 +394,11 @@ int ft600_get_freq(RIG *rig, vfo_t vfo, freq_t *freq) {
       	return ret;
    }
 
-  sprintf(freq_str, "%hhx%hhx%hhx",
-  priv->status.freq[1],
-  priv->status.freq[2],
-  priv->status.freq[3]);
+  f = ((((priv->status.freq[1] <<8) + priv->status.freq[2])<<8) + priv->status.freq[3]) * 10;
 
-  f=strtol(freq_str,&ptr,16);
-  *freq = f * 10;
+  rig_debug(RIG_DEBUG_TRACE, "%s: freq = %"PRIfreq" Hz\n", __func__, f);
+
+  *freq = f;
 
   return RIG_OK;
 }
diff --git a/yaesu/ft600.h b/yaesu/ft600.h
index 9b0fad901..22963d472 100644
--- a/yaesu/ft600.h
+++ b/yaesu/ft600.h
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
  * hamlib - (C) Frank Singleton 2000-2003 (vk3fcs@ix.netcom.com)
  *          (C) Stephane Fillod 2000-2009
  *
- * ft600.h - (C) Kārlis Millers YL3CAAK 2019
+ * ft600.h -(C) Kārlis Millers YL3ALK 2019
+ *
  * This shared library provides an API for communicating
- * via serial interface to an FT-100 using the "CAT" interface.
+ * via serial interface to an FT-600 using the "CAT" interface.
  * The starting point for this code was Chris Karpinsky's ft100 implementation.
  *
  *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
  *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *   This l	ibrary is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  *   Lesser General Public License for more details.