World of DXing
When comparing different DAB (or FM a.o.) receiving devices it’s helpful to connect them all to the same antenna at the same time making it easy to switch between devices.It did so when testing different SDR devices on DAB.I had a few splitters lying about and after some comparing the Keliiyo 4-way coaxial splitter produced…
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km199.36 8C 0659 F Métropolitain 2, Saint-Omer/route D210E2 (62) 176km197.65 8B 0700 F Métropolitain 1, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) 161km197.65 8B 0700 F Métropolitain 1, Combles/A1 rue de Sailly (80) 170km208.06 9D 0711 D Mein NRW DAB+, Ebbegebirge Herscheid (nrw) 214km Map
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km204.64 9B 0810 D Antenne DE, Habichtswald (hes) 325km190.64 7B 0840 D hr Radio, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) 277km190.64 7B 0840 D hr Radio, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) 267km Map
Jan Van Katwijk has released Qt_DAB-6.5, no more Beta now. Also version 6.4 is no longer maintained.As in previous editions there’s a 32 and 64 bit Windows version. The 64 bit version supports RTL-SDRV4 only and has issues with some types of slides.Download Qt-DAB here.
On February 7 2024 I got my new toy: an RSPdx.As I already owned an RTL-SDRV4 and an RSP1A I wondered how this RSPdx would perform on DAB compared to the trusted RTL-SDRV4 and the RSP1A. I also own an RTL-SDRV3. On DAB V3 and V4 perform the same in my experience. Time to do…
First reception of Ostbelgien 8A from Amel/Meyerode today!
Another update of Qt_DAB-6.5Beta by Jan Van Katwijk. Download Qt-DAB here. What’s new? Update February 8: Qt_DAB-6.5Beta now retains the RSPdx antenna choice from the previous session.
8A Ostbelgien now with Amel on air. TII will be probably added on February 5.
Another Qt_DAB-6.5Beta update today by Jan Van Katwijk. Download Qt_DAB-6.5Beta here. In previous Beta releases the location, distance and bearing indicator could be found in the main Widget (1).However the corresponding TII’s could only be found in the spectrumscope tab TII (2). In today’s release location, distance and bearing indication are still in the main…
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km202.93 9A 0658 D DR Saarland, Felsberg-Berus (saa) 237km202.93 9A 0704 F REIMS 9A, Reims/la Vigie (51) 197km218.64 11B 0704 F Paris-Etendu, Paris/Hotel Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile (75) 293km188.93 7A 0705 F Valenciennes, Cambrai/Martin-Martine (59) 138km192.35 7C 0706 F Lille-Local, Lille/Roubaix (59) 112km194.06 7D 0706 F…