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January 3 2024 Qt-DAB-6.9 Beta update

Posted on by FMDABDXer

An update to Qt-DAB-6.9 Beta was released today by Jan Van Katwijk.
The updated Qt-DAB can be downloaded from on Jan’s Github releases page.
Jan Van Katwijk appreciates your comments and feedback on his Qt-DAB Github issues page.

What’s new in this updated 6.9 Beta?

°A new and very sensitive algorithm to detect TII values coupled to names and data from received transmitter.

°The minimum level of the TII threshold is now 6 dB. Setting the correct TII threshold level make take some experimenting. Below your set threshold level Qt-DAB will assume the signal is noise.
This may reduce the number of ‘not in database’ messages.

TII threshold setting
TII threshold setting

°An experimental subID filtering option had been added.

subID filtering
subID filtering

°TII scope ins the spectrum widget has been modified. It now shows the pre-processed data (192 elements) used by the tii decoder.

TII scope
TII scope

°The scope widget has been enlarged.

°The scanning .csv output has been improved making it easier to analyse the scanning data.

QT-DAB-6.9 update
QT-DAB-6.9 update

January 1 2025

Posted on by FMDABDXer

A new year, time to look back on 2024.

In 2024 I was able to do 671 logs from these countries: BEL, CZE, D, DNK, F, G, HOL, NOR and SUI.
The furthest transmitter logged was Olomouc/Radíkov (CRo DAB on 12D): 910 km covered.

Logmap

On FM quite a few stations were logged especially during the Sporadic es season, although tropospheric dx wasn’t too bad either.

Tropo
I made 425 logs from 9 countries: AUT, CZE, D, DNK, F, G, HOL, POL, SUI.

12 Belgian DXers made 3159 from 15 countries: AUT, BEL, CZE, D, DNK, E, F, G, HOL, IRL, LUX, POL, S, SUI.
On September 15 Culleredo/Monte Xalo (E) was logged on 91.6 MHz (RNE Radio Clásica) and on 94.5 MHz (RNE Radio 3) over a distance of 1331 km.

Es
1118 logs from 28 countries are in my 2024 logbook.
On CCIR I entered 972 logs from 27 countries: ALB, ALG, BIH, BUL, E, F, FIN, GIB, GRC, HNG, HRV, I, MDA, MKD, MLT, MNE, MRC, POL, POR, RKS, ROU, RUS, SRB, SVK, TUN, TUR.
On OIRT 146 logs from 3 countries were entered: BLR, RUS, UKR.

9 Belgian DXers made 4716 CCIR logs from 37 countries: ALB, ALG, BIH, BLR, BUL, CZE, E, EST, F, FIN, FRO, G, GIB, GRC, HNG, HRV, I, ISL, LBY, LTU, MCO, MDA, MKD, MLT, MNE, MRC, POL, POR, RKS, ROU, RUS, S, SRB, SVK, TUN, TUR, UKR.
6 Belgian DXers entered 367 OIRT logs from BLR, MDA, RUS, UKR.
The most distant station logged was SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania from Talâat N’Yakoub, MRC on October 17 at 2464 km.

Aurora en meteor scatter
3 Belgian DXers made 22 logs OIRT and CCR from 4 countries: BLR, DNK, G and UKR.

FM Logs

All BEL logs from 2024 can be downloaded here (BEL_logs2024.csv). References to DXers names and location have been deleted for privacy reasons (GDPR).

December 31 2024

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MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII
178.35 5C 1451 D DR Deutschland, Braunschweig/Broitzem (nds) 420km 1902
178.35 5C 1731 D DR Deutschland, Inselsberg (thü) 403km 2602
190.64 7B 1740 D hr Radio, Hardberg (hes) 333km 0616
190.64 7B 1806 D hr Radio, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) 377km 0620
197.65 8B 1806 D MDR THUERINGEN, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) 426km 4207
197.65 8B 1806 D MDR THUERINGEN, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) 447km 4208
197.65 8B 1808 D MDR THUERINGEN, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) 377km 4211
197.65 8B 1808 D MDR THUERINGEN, Inselsberg (thü) 403km 4202
197.65 8B 2134 D MDR THUERINGEN, Bad Lobenstein/Sieglitzberg (thü) 490km 4211
197.65 8B 2146 D MDR THUERINGEN, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) 454km 4202

Map

December 28 2024 – AbracaDABra 2.9.0

Posted on by FMDABDXer

Petr Kopecký released AbracaDABra 2.9.0 tonight. AbracaDABra 2.9.0 can be downloaded from Petr’s Github release page.

What’s new in 2.9.0?
1. In the TII decoder widget the number of transmitters on the received MUX are now shown at the top right hand side.

Total number of received transmitters
Total number of received transmitters (numbers added by ed.)

2. In the Scanning tool results the user can select multiple rows and these are shown as bubbles on the map.

Multiple rows multiple bubbles
Multiple rows selected and shown as bubbles

3. Right or double clicking on a row in the Scanning tool widget produces the ensemble structure in the Precise mode.

Ensemble structure in Scanning Tool Precise mode
Ensemble structure in Scanning Tool Precise mode

4. TII detector improvements.

December 28 2024

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MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII
190.64 7B 0501 D NI ALTESLAND K7B, Visselhövede (nds) 401km 3506
218.64 11B 0553 D NDR SH HEI, Heide/Welmbüttel (shs) 469km 3507
185.36 6C 1342 HOL 6C NO-Brabant, Oss/Aengelbertlaan (nbr) 102km 1401
213.36 10C 1344 D NI EMSLAND K10C, Molbergen/Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 301km 4501
229.07 12D 1345 HOL Flevoland, Lelystad/Cellnex toren (fle) 177km 0614

Map

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
96.30 1513 D NDR 2, Heide/Welmbüttel (shs) ID 469km
88.10 1519 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) 673km
97.20 1535 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk) PI logged: 9203 PS logged: DR_P3___ 547km
89.60 1832 D NDR 1 Welle Nord, Flensburg/Engelsby (shs) ID 530km
90.00 1835 D NDR Kultur, Aurich (nds) 334km
91.10 1837 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) 343km
97.10 1845 G Heart, Ipswich/Foxhall Heath (EN-SFK) 269km
94.40 2018 D NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) PI logged: D383 PS logged: NDR_Kult 343km

NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen
NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen

Map

December 27 2024

Posted on by FMDABDXer

MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII
199.36 8C 0002 F Métropolitain 2, Arconsat/Pardeli res nord (63) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 572km 0104
190.64 7B 0450 HOL All40 EDE-ARNHEM, Wageningen/Flat Belmonte (gel) 128km 4001
197.65 8B 0817 F Métropolitain 1, Ancenis/les Brulons (44) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 577km 3106
199.36 8C 0853 F Métropolitain 2, Saint-Nazaire/Pornichet (44) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 657km 3107
197.65 8B 0923 F Métropolitain 1, Angers/le Ronceray (49) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 553km 3503
199.36 8C 0958 F Métropolitain 2, Tours/les Rochettes (37) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 493km 3507
197.65 8B 1129 F Métropolitain 1, Le Mans/la Noé (72) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 468km 0301
197.65 8B 1129 F Métropolitain 1, Blois/Erigny (41) 450km 0202
197.65 8B 1254 F Métropolitain 1, Nantes/Sillon de Bretagne (44) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 621km 0201
199.36 8C 1424 F Métropolitain 2, Plounérin/la Poste Neuve (22) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 650km 0308
197.65 8B 1447 F Métropolitain 1, Sablé-sur-Sarthe/le petit Martin (72) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 506km 0307
229.07 12D 1447 HOL Flevoland, Lelystad/Cellnex toren (fle) 177km 614
197.65 8B 1559 F Métropolitain 1, Nogent-le-Rotrou/Ceton 61 Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 417km 0201
199.36 8C 1852 F Métropolitain 2, Pont-Audemer/le Bel Air (27) Strong signal – so no colliding subID? 352km 1802
213.36 10C 1852 D NI EMSLAND K10C, Molbergen/Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 301km 3507
188.93 7A 1913 D NDR NDS HAN, Linsburg (nds) 362km 3106
188.93 7A 1913 D NDR NDS HAN, Unterlüß (Südheide) (nds) 433km 3105
188.93 7A 1913 D NDR NDS HAN, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) 340km 3102
195.94 8A 1922 HOL 8A MI-Brabant, Loon op Zand/Cellnex toren (nbr) 72km 5101
197.65 8B 1923 D NI OSNABRCK K8B, Osnabr ck/Schleptruper Egge (nds) 275km 3503
174.93 5A 1953 HOL 5A Fryslân, Jirnsum/NOVEC mast (fri) 244km 5101
174.93 5A 1953 HOL 5A Fryslân, Tjerkgaast/Cellnex toren Spannenburg (fri) 223km 0813
197.65 8B 2001 HOL 8B N-H / Flevo, Wieringerwerf/NOVEC mast (nho) 214km 0808
197.65 8B 2001 HOL 8B N-H / Flevo, Hoorn/Electronweg (nho) 185km 2601
213.36 10C 2008 HOL Almere DAB, Almere/WTC Carlton (fle) 157km 0614
227.36 12C 2049 HOL NPO, Oegstgeest/DVB-T mast (zho) 133km 0406
188.93 7A 2120 D NDR NDS HAN, Bad Münder Süntel Hohe Egge (nds) 348km 0102
227.36 12C 2203 HOL NPO, Kiel-Windeweer/NOVEC mast Hoogezand (gro) 276km 0614

Map

Running Qt and AbracaDABra simultaneously
Running Qt and AbracaDABra simultaneously