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With QIRX 4.0.0 Clem Schmidt introduced an inconspicuous but ever so useful feature: saving, resetting and loading your QIRX layout.
The layout menu can be found at the top right of the title bar by right clicking on the Screen Layout button.

• How to proceed to save your layout?

1. Make a folder like ‘My Layout’ to save your layout, preferably in your QIRX folder: C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\qirx4\My Layout
2. Choose ‘Save Layout As’ and navigate to the new folder and choose that folder.

• Is your layout all mixed up and you want to restore your saved layout?

(1. Reset Layout)
2. Load Layout

• Sharing your layout with another user is easy.

1.Just zip and share your layout folder and the other user unzips it in a new folder in his QIRX folder.
2. You could have several layout folders and switch between different layouts.

• Mind you:

1. Save your layout before trying new ones.
2. Shared layouts can be a bit different due to different screen sizes. The other user’s layout screenshot might not be that useful on your screen.
3. The easiest way to change layout is when QIRX is running. If you change the layout with no receiver on it might all be a bit garbled.
4. Enjoy this Screen Layout feature!

My current layout.
Download my zipped layout.

My layout with a docked map.
Download my zipped layout with a docked map.

QT-DAB 5.1 has been updated to release number 5.2 today.
What’s new?

• Audio spectrum added to the technical details (1).
• Stereo indicator (2) and PTY (3) added to the main widget.
• Code cleanup ‘under the hood’.

Download QT-DAB here and do check out the manual.

QIRX 4.0.6 released two days ago contained a bug and this has now been fixed in QIRX 4.0.7 just released by Clem Schmidt.

Automatic calibrate has been moved to the sync tab.

Download QIRX 4.0.7 here.
QIRX manuals: here.
Compare V3 vs V4  features here.
Mind: QIRX 4 is not free. You need a licence key.

Before installing the new version, please first manually un-install the old one, to avoid problems.

If you forgot to un-install and 4.0.7 isn’t working properly (no TII and no widgets) run the installer (.msi) again and choose ‘remove’.
Then install 4.0.7 again.

Clem Schmidt has just released QIRX 4.0.6 with some major fixes and improvements.

Download QIRX 4.0.6 here.
QIRX manuals: here.
Compare V3 vs V4  features here.
Mind: QIRX 4 is not free. You need a licence key.

What’s new in QIRX 4.0.6 (abridged from the QIRX history page)?

• Multiplexes are now logged even if they have no entry in the database.
• The AGC for RTL-SDR receivers is changed from “Software” to “Hardware”, as there are too little gain indexes for a “step-free” regulation.
• Large logos.
• Auto calibration.
• Experimental High Resolution TII-CIR indication.

Before installing the new version, please first manually un-install the old one, to avoid problems.

If you forgot to un-install and 4.0.6 isn’t working properly (no TII and no widgets) run the installer (.msi) again and choose ‘remove’.
Then install 4.0.6 again.

ALERT

The upgrade from QIRX 4.0.5 to 4.0.6 caused a bug to appear.
Data from a strong mux is not flushed when tuning to an empty mux.
This will surely be fixed soon.

There’s a minor update in Jan Van Katwijk’s QT-DAB 4.4.2 and 5.1.
Coordinates (longitudes and latitudes of received transmitters on the localhost map are no longer separated by two dashes (–) but by a single space, making it easier to manually copy them in Google Maps.

Download QT-DAB here and do check out the manual.