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.

Download procedure
New QIRX download procedure

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 remote 0.0.9
QIRX Remote 0.0.9

QIRX 4.1.3 needs .netV8 and this is NOT included in the download. More info here.

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.

QT-DAB-6.9
Qt-DAB-6.9

January 30 2025

OIRT

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

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January 18 2025

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
88.50 0848 G BBC Radio 2, Pontop Pike (EN-DUR) 611km
100.30 0849 G Classic FM, Pontop Pike (EN-DUR) 611km
91.50 0853 G BBC Radio 3, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km

BBC Radio 3, Holme Moss
Holme Moss

93.10 0856 G BBC Radio 4, Belmont (EN-LIN) 423km
101.70 0900 HOL Sky Radio, Breda/Bond Towers (nbr) 101.7 AFN Everberg off (again!) 65km
89.10 1000 G BBC Radio 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 311km
88.10 1001 G BBC Radio 2, Sandale (EN-CUM) 672km
102.30 1136 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) 642km
93.40 1226 D BAYERN 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) 341km
95.30 1229 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) 333km
88.50 1300 G BBC Radio 2, Pontop Pike (EN-DUR) 611km
88.60 1302 G BBC Radio 2, Bow Brickhill (EN-BKS) 389km
90.90 1303 G BBC Radio 3, Belmont (EN-LIN) 423km
91.10 1535 G BBC Radio Wales, Llangollen (WA-DBG) Very weak 586km
90.90 1541 G BBC Radio 3, Blaenplwyf (WA-CDN) 626km

Webserver error - Should this have been Holme Moss?
Webserver error – Should this have been Holme Moss?
OIRT

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
66.86 1102 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Myadzel/RTPS Telyaki (MI) 1535km
69.92 1103 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Vitebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka (VI) 1751km
71.33 1105 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Minsk/RTPS Kolodischi (MI) 1589km
69.08 1106 BLR BR Radio Brest/OIRT, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) 1475km
67.67 1108 RUS Radio Rossii, Kingisepp/RTPS (LE) tent. not // stream 1764km
69.26 1109 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) 1445km
69.47 1109 RUS Radio Peterburg, Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino (SP) // stream 1870km
71.99 1111 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Braslaw/RTPS (VI) 1559km
72.26 1112 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Vitebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka (VI) 1751km
72.89 1112 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Minsk/RTPS Kolodischi (MI) 1589km
70.43 1113 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Minsk/RTPS Kolodischi (MI) 1589km
71.18 1114 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Mogilev (Mahilyow)/RTPS Polykovichi (MA) 1755km
73.49 1115 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Braslaw/RTPS (VI) 1559km
72.98 1116 BLR BR Radio Vitebsk/OIRT, Braslaw/RTPS (VI) 1559km
71.54 1117 BLR BR Radio Grodno/OIRT, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) 1445km
72.32 1117 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) 1445km
70.10 1118 BLR BR Radio Mogilev/OIRT, Mogilev (Mahilyow)/RTPS Polykovichi (MA) 1755km

Map

MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII
188.93 7A 1201 D Oberbayern Süd, Hochberg (Traunstein) (bay) 672km 3506
188.93 7A 1139 D Oberbayern Süd, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) 578km 3503
199.36 8C 1156 D Mittelfranken, Hesselberg Wassertrüdingen (bay) 467km 0511
199.36 8C 1202 D Mittelfranken, Büttelberg (bay) 439km 0515
218.64 11B 1356 D OAS BW, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) 452km 1907
218.64 11B 1334 D OAS BW, Stuttgart/Frauenkopf (bwü) 406km 6101
218.64 11B 1412 D OAS BW, Langenburg (bwü) 415km 1816
218.64 11B 1412 D OAS BW, Kempten/Blender (bay) 539km 1823
218.64 11B 1407 D OAS BW, Geislingen/Oberböhringen (bwü) 450km 6112
218.64 11B 1323 D OAS BW, Brandenkopf (bwü) 385km 1818
218.64 11B 1204 D OAS BW, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) 455km 1815
229.07 12D 1402 D Antenne DE, München/Olympiaturm (bay) 584km 4401
229.07 12D 1023 G Leeds, Emley Moor (EN-WYK) First 522km 5801
239.20 13F 1841 NOR NRK Reg3 SørRog, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) 828km 3812

Leeds, Emley Moor (EN-WYK)
NRK Reg3 SørRog, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen
NRK Reg3 SørRog, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen

Map