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Jan Van Katwijk has updated Qt-DAB-6.X today. Download Qt-DAB-6.X here. Download the latest manual here. The update seems minor but is of importance for DXing and scanning.All logged TIIs (transmitter location, distance, azimuth and HASL) are now not only visible in the new dx display but are also logged and retained in the scan file…
Jan Van Katwijk has released Qt-DAB-6.X. As always there are different version of this software.Download Qt-DAB here. What’s new in Qt-DAB-6.X?First of all there’s the dx display widget showing all received TTI’s and transmitter info.The size and position are retained for the next Qt session. The strongest received location is at the top with a…
When comparing different DAB (or FM a.o.) receiving devices it’s helpful to connect them all to the same antenna at the same time making it easy to switch between devices.It did so when testing different SDR devices on DAB.I had a few splitters lying about and after some comparing the Keliiyo 4-way coaxial splitter produced…
Jan Van Katwijk has released Qt_DAB-6.5, no more Beta now. Also version 6.4 is no longer maintained.As in previous editions there’s a 32 and 64 bit Windows version. The 64 bit version supports RTL-SDRV4 only and has issues with some types of slides.Download Qt-DAB here.
On February 7 2024 I got my new toy: an RSPdx.As I already owned an RTL-SDRV4 and an RSP1A I wondered how this RSPdx would perform on DAB compared to the trusted RTL-SDRV4 and the RSP1A. I also own an RTL-SDRV3. On DAB V3 and V4 perform the same in my experience. Time to do…
Another update of Qt_DAB-6.5Beta by Jan Van Katwijk. Download Qt-DAB here. What’s new? Update February 8: Qt_DAB-6.5Beta now retains the RSPdx antenna choice from the previous session.
Another Qt_DAB-6.5Beta update today by Jan Van Katwijk. Download Qt_DAB-6.5Beta here. In previous Beta releases the location, distance and bearing indicator could be found in the main Widget (1).However the corresponding TII’s could only be found in the spectrumscope tab TII (2). In today’s release location, distance and bearing indication are still in the main…
Jan Van Katwijk has updated the QT_DAB-6.5Beta today. The .exe should no longer produces fake alerts with certain AV suites. The manual has also been updated today. Download the latest manual here.Download Qt_DAB-6.5Beta here.
Busy bee Jan Van Katwijk today updated Qt-DAB-6Beta with a great feature.In the first Beta the Ensemble and Favorites view were separated in the main Widget by using the‘ensemble/favorites’ button. This in my view made both appealing to DAB dxers and programme listeners.Today Jan added a sorting option in the favorites view. You can sort…
This evening Jan Van Katwijk released Qt-DAB-6.Beta. Favorites and Ensembles are no longerin the same main Widget as was in 6.40 Experimental. Download setup-qt-dab32-6.Beta.exe or Qt_DAB-6.Beta-x86_64.AppImage and more info here.