AbracaDABra – DAB and DAB+ Software Defined Radio (SDR) application

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:
  • • RTL-SDR (default device).
    • Airspy (optional).
    • SoapySDR (optional).
    • SDRplay (optional, requires SoapySDR).
    • RTL-TCP.
    • Raw file input.
• 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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