Abraca DAB radio is a DAB and DAB+ Software Defined Radio (SDR) application.
It works with cheap RTL-SDR (RTL2832U) USB sticks but also with Airspy devices, SDRplay devices and with many devices supported by SoapySDR. The application is based on the Qt6 cross-platform software development framework and can run on any platform supported by Qt6.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Following input devices are supported:
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- RTL-SDR (default device).
- Airspy (optional).
- SoapySDR (optional).
- SDRplay (optional, requires SoapySDR).
- RTL-TCP.
- Raw file input.
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- Band scan with automatic service list.
- Service list management.
- DAB (mp2) and DAB+ (AAC) audio decoding.
- Announcements (all types including alarm test).
Dynamic label (DL) and Dynamic label plus (DL+). - MOT slideshow (SLS) and categorized slideshow (CatSLS) from PAD or from secondary data service.
- SPI (Service and Programme information).
- RadioDNS.
- TII decoding and continuous scanning (DX).
- Audio and data services reconfiguration.
- Dynamic programme type (PTy).
- Ensemble structure view with all technical details, upload to FMLIST.
- Raw file dumping (optionally with XML header).
- Audio recording.
- DAB input signal spectrum visualization.
- RF level estimation on supported devices.
- Only band III and DAB mode 1 are supported.
- Simple user-friendly interface, trying to follow DAB Rules of implementation (TS 103 176).
- Dark theme supported on all platforms.
- Localization to German, Czech and Polish (incomplete).
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/KejPi/AbracaDABra
Support:
Developer: Petr Kopecký
License: MIT License
AbracaDABra is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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