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December 13 2023 – Qt-DAB 6.30 update

Posted on by FMDABDXer

Today Jan Van Katwijk released a minor update to Qt-DAB 6.30.

Download QT-DAB 6.30 from Jan’s Github release page.
Download the manual here.

What’s new?

  • Deselecting a service in the ensemble list no longer turns that service name into black instead of white as all other services. It didn’t look well in dark themes.
  • You can change the colour of the services in the .qt-dab.ini file.
    Simply add a line like fontColor=yellow in the [General] section. This option will also be added to the Configuration and control widget soon.
  • Minor code changes.
Deselecting colour change in old 6.30
Deselecting no colour change in new 6.30
Change the service name colour in the .qt-dab.ini

December 7 2023

Posted on by FMDABDXer

MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km
190.64 7B 0707 D hr Radio, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) 267km
190.64 7B 0707 D hr Radio, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) 277km
204.64 9B 0844 D Antenne DE, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) 170km
208.06 9D 0844 D Mein NRW DAB+, Wuppertal-Küllenhahn (nrw) 171km
208.06 9D 0844 D Mein NRW DAB+, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) 170km
178.35 5C 0845 D DR Deutschland, Köln/Colonius (nrw) 155km
197.65 8B 0850 F Métropolitain 1, Cambrai/Martin-Martine (59) 138km
197.65 8B 0850 F Métropolitain 1, Douai/LAM (59) 135km
197.65 8B 0850 F Métropolitain 1, Arras/Sainte-Catherine (62) 157km
199.36 8C 0851 F Métropolitain 2, Douai/LAM (59) 135km
199.36 8C 0851 F Métropolitain 2, Arras/Sainte-Catherine (62) 157km
199.36 8C 0851 F Métropolitain 2, Cambrai/Martin-Martine (59) 138km
183.65 6B 1929 BEL LIEGE 2, Welkenraedt/Henri-Chapelle – Château d’Eau (wal-lge) 92km
201.07 8D 1929 BEL LIEGE 1, Welkenraedt/Henri-Chapelle – Château d’Eau (wal-lge) 92km
197.65 8B 2013 HOL 8B N-H / Flevo, Amsterdam/Cellnex Toren Barbara Strozzilaan (nho) 149km

New transmitter on 6B and 8B now located.


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November 30 2023

Posted on by FMDABDXer

New on 8B and 8C from France for the Hauts de France region: Métropolitain 1 and Métropolitain 2.
Transmitters 8B from Lille – Fort de Mons-en-Barœul, Valenciennes – Marly Towercast, Cambrai – Martin-Martine, Douai – LAM, Arras – Sainte-Catherine.
Transmitters 8C from Lille – Fort de Mons-en-Barœul, Cambrai – Martin-Martine, Douai – LAM, Arras – Sainte-Catherine.

MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km
197.65 8B 1556 F Métropolitain 1, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Barœul (59) 119km
199.36 8C 1556 F Métropolitain 2, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Barœul (59) 119km
197.65 8B 1558 F Métropolitain 1, Arras/Sainte-Catherine (62) 157km
197.65 8B 1627 F Métropolitain 1, Cambrai/Martin-Martine (59) 138km

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Logbook November 30 2023
Métropolitain 8B
Métropoltain 2

November 27 2023 – Qt-DAB 6.30 released

Posted on by FMDABDXer

Qt-DAB 6.30 was released today by Jan Van Katwijk.
Download QT-DAB 6.30 from Jan’s Github release page.
Download the updated manual here.
What’s new?

  • The ‘favorites’ now have a separate widget, which is more user friendly.
    This feature was also added to Qt-DAB version 4 and 5!
  • Qt-DAB 6.30 has two versions. 6.30.exe can only be used with RTLSDR V4
    and 6.V3.exe can only be used with RTLSDR V3!
  • Older versions 4 and 5 cannot use RTLSDR V4.
Qt-DAB 6.30

November 26 2023 – QIRX 4.1.3 released

Posted on by FMDABDXer

Clem Schmidt’s QIRX 4.1.3 maintenance release has been launched.
Download QIRX 4.1.3 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.

What’s new in QIRX 4.1.3? (Abridged from Clem’s QIRX History page)

QIRX 4.1.3
  1. The site names are now shown in the TII tab.
  2. Find the serial number of your hardware in the Connection tab.
  3. The short name of the ensemble is displayed in the ensemble tab in brackets.
  4. An equalizer option for the Constellation widget has been added.
  5. The tone generator in the Options tab now works properly. Handy to adjust your antenna.
QIRX 4.1.3

A “pseudo service”, called “zzz” has been added, showing the unused CU’s of the multiplex.
Symbols in use for the the selected service in the Main Service Channel (MSC) have been added.
QIRX 4.1.3 works well with RTLSDR V3 AND V4.

November 15 2023 – Qt-DAB test versions

Posted on by FMDABDXer

Qt-DAB 6.25 has some issues with RTLSDR V4 vs V3. Yesterday Jan uploaded two test versions on his github page: setup-qt-dab32-6.25.exe runs well with V4 but not V3, setup-qt-dab32-6.V3.exe runs well with V3 but not V4.
See the description on Jan’s page: NOTE ON RTLSDR DEVICES
The “new” RTLSDR V4 device requires a library that is compatible with – through different from – the older libraries. Since there were comments that Qt-DAB with the “new” library was deaf.
For a fair test I created two versions of the Windows installer for Qt-DAB, one with the “old” library (the one with V3 in its name) and a version with the “new” library for V4 versions.
(Of course the V3 supported version will not work with RTLSDR V4 devices).
The versions can coexist, however, their appearance will be the same, after all it is just for testing.

If you happen to have a V3 and/or V4 we’d appreciate your feedback in the comments below (Discussion: Leave a comment) or on Jan’s github issues page.
You need a (free) github account to comment.

November 7 2023

Posted on by FMDABDXer
OIRT

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
67.19 1011 BLR BR Radio Grodno/OIRT, Smorgon’/RTPS (HR) // web 1504km
66.98 1012 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Grodno (Hrodna)/RTPS (ul. Gorkogo, 85) (HR) // web 1328km
70.10 1015 BLR BR Radio Mogilev/OIRT, Mogilev (Mahilyow)/RTPS Polykovichi (MA) // web 1755km
66.20 1016 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Grodno (Hrodna)/RTPS (ul. Gorkogo, 85) (HR) // web 1328km
66.02 1021 BLR BR Radio Mogilev/OIRT, Bobruysk/RTPS Yasny Les (MA) // web 1692km
66.08 1021 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Svisloch (Svislac)/RTPS (HR) // web 1342km
68.72 1022 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Svisloch (Svislac)/RTPS (HR) // web 1342km
69.44 1023 BLR BR Radio Brest/OIRT, Slonim/RTPS Novaja Strazha (HR) // web 1433km

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