World of DXing
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…
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.
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…
Jan Van Katwijk has updated the QT_DAB-6.5Beta today. The .exe should no longer produces fake alerts with certain AV suites. The manual has also been updated today. Download the latest manual here.Download Qt_DAB-6.5Beta here.
Busy bee Jan Van Katwijk today updated Qt-DAB-6Beta with a great feature.In the first Beta the Ensemble and Favorites view were separated in the main Widget by using the‘ensemble/favorites’ button. This in my view made both appealing to DAB dxers and programme listeners.Today Jan added a sorting option in the favorites view. You can sort…
This evening Jan Van Katwijk released Qt-DAB-6.Beta. Favorites and Ensembles are no longerin the same main Widget as was in 6.40 Experimental. Download setup-qt-dab32-6.Beta.exe or Qt_DAB-6.Beta-x86_64.AppImage and more info here.
A new, experimental release of QT-DAB 6.40 by Jan Van Katwijk. There’s a new approach to the main Widget. Three columns: service, chan (the Block/MUX) and fav (favourites). After selecting a MUX (1) the ensemble stations can be seen and selected (2).There’s no longer a separate widget for the favourites. They are now located in…
Today Jan Van Katwijk released a Qt-DAB 6.40.Qt-DAB 6.40 is a transitional release towards moving from 32-bit to 64 bit Windows releases.The 6.40 64bit runs RTL-SDRV4 and not V3. There are two 32 bit versions: one for RTL-SDR V3 and one for V4. Download QT-DAB 6.40 from Jan’s Github release pageWhat’s new?
MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km199.36 8C 1001 F Métropolitain 2, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) 158km NEW! 199.36 8C 1001 F Métropolitain 2, Arras/Sainte-Catherine (62) 157km199.36 8C 1001 F Métropolitain 2, Cambrai/Martin-Martine (59) 138km199.36 8C 1001 F Métropolitain 2, Douai/LAM (59) 135km199.36 8C 1037 F Métropolitain 2, Tours/les Rochettes (37) 493km –…
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?