MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII 199.36 8C 2126 F Métropolitain 2, Antran/la Barbotterie (86) Tent. due to colliding subID 548km 0404 197.65 8B 2142 F Métropolitain 1, Angers/le Ronceray (49) Tent. due to colliding subID 553km 0307 197.65 8B 2150 F Métropolitain 1, Ancenis/les Brulons (44) Tent. due to colliding subID 577km 0308 199.36 8C 2226 F Métropolitain 2, Pont-l’Évêque/Reux (14) Tent. due to colliding subID 377km 0906 199.36 8C 2226 F Métropolitain 2, Saint-Malo/les Bergerons (35) Tent. due to colliding subID – Tours? 544km 0402 199.36 8C 2226 F Métropolitain 2, Arconsat/Pardelières nord (63) Tent. due to colliding subID 572km 0104 199.36 8C 2248 F Métropolitain 2, Paimpol/Parc Langen (22) Tent. due to colliding subID 608km 2202 199.36 8C 2306 F Métropolitain 2, Thiers/sous Chabannes (63) Tent. due to colliding subID 578km 0910
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km TII 197.65 8B 0730 F Métropolitain 1, Saint-Denis-d’Orques (72) Tent. due to colliding subID 487km 3608 197.65 8B 0741 F Métropolitain 1, Sablé-sur-Sarthe/le petit Martin (72) Tent. due to colliding subID 506km 0202 199.36 8C 0700 F Métropolitain 2, Plounérin/la Poste Neuve (22) Tent. due to colliding subID 650km 0209 199.36 8C 0700 F Métropolitain 2, Guingamp/le Lannec (D100) (22) Tent. due to colliding subID 628km 1201 199.36 8C 0730 F Métropolitain 2, Blois/Erigny (41) Tent. due to colliding subID 450km 0403 204.64 9B 0734 HOL DAB Lokaal 35, Den Haag/DVB-T mast (zho) 121km 1203 208.06 9D 0731 D Mein NRW DAB+, Köterberg (Lügde-Rischenau) (nrw) 333km 3501
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km 89.30 1644 G BBC Radio 2, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km 89.10 1645 G BBC Radio 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 311km 88.60 1646 G BBC Radio 2, Bow Brickhill (EN-BKS) 389km 88.10 1649 G BBC Radio 2, Manningtree (EN-ESX) 272km
Already owning two TEF6686 radios (1 – 2) I was fascinated by the concept of a ‘headless’ TEF: just a board and connectors. It can be neatly tucked away and hooked up to a webserver or to XDR-GTK software.
I was able to order one from Mihail Popa (ROU) with a case, an audiohat (if you want the audio on separate speakers via a jack) and two FM antenna and one AM antenna rabbit ears plug.
Headless backHeadless front
Hooking it up is pretty easy especially if you already have a portable TEF connected to the same computer. Mind you to connect the TEF668X audio in the audio configuration (W11 over here) to listen to this device and broadcast to the computer speakers to avoid audio feedback loops. Thanks Mihail for the advice. You can then use the same usb cable as used with a portable to connect the headless TEF to your computer and feeding it with data and audio.
If you want to continuously scan and record you should change two lines in the scanner.json file in the plugins_configs directory of your webserver. Make sure these two lines are set to false! “Autoscan_PE5PVB_Mode”: false, “Search_PE5PVB_Mode”: false,
My portable TEFs listen to COM3 while the headless TEF needs COM4 although both are connected to the same USB port (not simultaneously). You can easily change this in the webserver set-up tuner tab (device).
Updating the firmware is NOT like the updates on a portable TEF. You need this firmware and this bootloader from KKonrad.
I haven’t tried a firmware update yet as this headless is running the latest firmware.
What about the performance of a headless TEF? I compared it to my Deepelec DP-666 and found no difference at all. The headless TEF performs just as well.
A headless TEF is very often used by radio buffs who want to connect their TEF to a public FM-DX webserver. You can find numerous public TEF FM-DX webservers here.
Headless TEF top viewHeadless TEF front view with C-USB and audio JackHeadless TEF back viewwith rabbit earsScanning awayWebserver working hard
Petr Kopecký has just released AbracaDABra 3.1.0 with quite a few new features. You can download AbracaDABra 3.1.0 from Petr’s Github release page. Petr welcomes your feedback and bug reports on his Github issues page.
AbracaDABra 3.1.0 is not backward compatible from 2.9.2: you will lose the service list and audio recording schedule! It is therefore recommended to backup your current application settings. Check out C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\AbracaDABra. No worries if you upgrade from 3.0.0.
AbracaDABra now remembers the position of previously opened widgets. Enable this in the settings, tab ‘Others’.
Widgets position retained
New settings in the DAB signal overview widget. The spectrum refresh rate can be set and the SNR value can be viewed in a large font. Click on the three dots. Fit spectrum in view now also available in the DAB signal overview settings or by right-clicking in this widget as in 3.0.0.
New in DAB Signal overview
In the settings (TII tab) you can have the TII decoder remember (or not) to show transmitters that are no longer detected and also when no longer to show them (check the time-out and set the desired duration).
TII decoder settings
Service Programme Information (SPI) progress icon can be made persistent in the User applications settings. It can take a few seconds for the icon to (re)appear. Not all stations support SPI.
Setting SPI progress iconSPI progress
The Service logo can be shown by pointing your mouse.
A confirmation dialog pops-up when you want to clear service list.
Confirm clearing the service list
A timeout can be set in the Record raw data in the Ensemble Information widget.
Timeout set in the Record raw data
The antenna height has been added to the transmitter details in the TII decoder map.
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km 88.50 0928 F France Culture, Bourges/Neuvy-Collines du Sancerrois (18) 439km 89.60 0928 F France Culture, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) 221km 89.80 0930 F Canal FM, Berlaimont/FPS Tower (59) 117km 91.60 0933 F Europe 1, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles (62) 159km 100.30 0935 F France Inter, Maubeuge/Rousies (59) 95km 101.30 0937 F ici Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) 136km 104.30 0940 BEL BXFM, Bruxelles/Mont-Saint-Lambert (bru) 26km 89.30 0948 G BBC Radio 2, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km 89.10 0949 G BBC Radio 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 311km 88.80 0950 G BBC Radio 2, Belmont (EN-LIN) 423km
