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 the favorites to your liking.
Also new: font type, font size and font color can now be changed in the ‘Configuration and control’ widget in real time: no need to restart Qt.
A new, experimental release of QT-DAB 6.40 by Jan Van Katwijk. There’s a new approach to the main Widget. Three columns: service, chan (the Block/MUX) and fav (favourites).
After selecting a MUX (1) the ensemble stations can be seen and selected (2). There’s no longer a separate widget for the favourites. They are now located in the main Widget below the ensemble list (3). A favourite can be selected. Add or remove a * in the fav column to add or remove a station on this list.
At this time it’s not clear whether this approach to the main Widget lay-out will be the way to go in future development.
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km 89.30 2013 G BBC Radio 2, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km 91.50 2013 G BBC Radio 3, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km 94.30 2015 G BBC Radio 4, Wenvoe (WA-VGL) 559km 94.40 2015 G BBC Radio 4, Swingate (Dover) (EN-KNT) 237km 97.70 2020 G BBC Radio 1, North Hessary Tor (EN-DVN) Weak 615km 92.70 2022 G BBC Radio 4, Sutton Coldfield (EN-WMD) 484km 100.10 2023 G Classic FM, Sutton Coldfield (EN-WMD) 484km 97.90 2025 G BBC Radio 1, Sutton Coldfield (EN-WMD) 484km
Clem Schmidt’s QIRX 4.2.1 has been released today. Download QIRX 4.2.1 here. QIRX manuals: here. Compare V3 vs V4 features here. Mind: QIRX 4 is not free. You need a licence key. Make sure you do have your licence key at hand when installing an update. QIRX might ask you to input it. Also a backup of your QIRX config file could be useful when something goes wrong.
