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World of DX-ing
January 11 2025 – QIRX 4.3.1 released
Today Clem Schmidt released QIRX 4.3.1.
What’s new?
° CIR screen and spectrum display improved.
° Colour scheme improved: better alert colours for people with Daltonism (like me).
° Configurable UDP ports.
° QIRX kernel updated for use with QIRX Remote.
More details about this new 4.3.1 can be found on the QIRX history page.
Download the excellent QIRX 4.3.1 here.
MIND YOU: the download procedure has been changed due to constant download abuse.
ALSO NEW: experimental QIRX Remote 0.0.9. allowing the user to connect QIRX to a smartphone.
I haven’t been able to test this yet. More info here.
QIRX 4.1.3 needs .netV8 and this is NOT included in the download. More info here.
February 10 2025
AbracaDABra, current version 2.9.2 has some great somewhat unobtrusive features, like slideshow, SNR plot and Electronic Program Guide (EPG). Not all stations provide EPG though.
February 2 2025 – Qt-DAB-6.9
Yesterday Jan Van Katwijk released Qt-DAB-6.9.
It 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?
° Details deep under the bonnet updated.
° Transition to from Qt5 to Qt6 is now finished.
° New implementation of a Viterbi decoder made default in constructing an executable.
The implementation is parameterized on the CPU support for either none, SSE4 or AVX2 instructions.
The software will dynamically select the support value.
° Clicking on the main widget, the configuration and control or the spectrum-scope widget will generate a .png picture of the widget.
It’s stored in the Qt folder: C:\Users\***\Qt-DAB-files.
February 2 2025
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII
190.64 7B 0726 D hr Radio, Rimberg (hes) 333km 0614
199.36 8C 0817 F M tropolitain 2, Pont-Audemer/le Bel Air (27) 352km 1802
January 30 2025
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
66.38 1606 RUS Radio Rossii, Cherepovets/RTPS (VO) // stream. Location? 2268km
69.92 1607 BLR BR Gomel FM/OIRT, Bragin/RTPS (GO) // stream 1765km
69.11 1608 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Bragin/RTPS (GO) // stream 1765km
67.37 1610 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Bragin/RTPS (GO) // stream 1765km
73.79 1612 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Stolin/RTPS (BR) 1527km
70.79 1617 UKR Svitle Radio Emmanuyil, Chernihiv/CHFKRRT (CH) // stream 1840km
January 19 2025
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII
239.20 13F 1511 NOR NRK Reg3 SørRog, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) 853km 2705
239.20 13F 1517 NOR NRK Reg3 SørRog, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) 828km 3812
239.20 13F 1517 NOR NRK Reg3 SørRog, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) 813km 2907
