Station-List
Another qantum leap to simplify DX-ing has been made.
Winradio by means of my little plugin Speclab.xrs is connected to SpectrumLab and my creation StationList that imports Günter's entire mwoffset.txt list. It dynamically shows the section of only the current tuned frequency and changes automatically whenever Winradios frequency is altered. SL shows the carriers (0.5Hz resolution) and its frequency axis also moves along accordingly. In the small StationList window you easily see the possible stations with its offset at a glance without any extra mouse clicks. You immediately see what carrier belongs to what station, and if a new one is among them. No more need to listen for a while anymore and only then to discover that you already logged it before.
Adding new entries is a piece of cake now. Just move via the down-key to the bottom of the table and a new empty line appears. Enter offset value and info. Nominal frequency and time stamp are added automatically. These new entries can later be exported and sent to Günter Lorenz to be included in his list

This screenshot shows how the 3 programs are arranged on my screen. The red circle marker in the spectrum is positioned on one carrier and its value is shown in the menu bar. Note: MHz-digits are suppressed to keep the scale readable



Stationlist can also import Eibi, EWMG and Nagoya frequency lists (as text files) to allow coverage of the SW bands.

Download Stationlist here.
·Copy the plugin Speclab.xrs into ..\Winradio\Plugins (not needed for Perseus)  
·StationList.* can be stored anywhere. The database contains mwoffset.txt (version of January 17, 2008)  

The Winradio plugin sends the frequency value to SL and StationList.exe
SL frequency axis will change along with your tuning, the MHz digits are suppressed to keep the scale readable.
Adjust the frequency-axis so that 12kHz sits in the center (for offset=0). You can turn off the plugin in WR.
For calibration tune to a high reference frequency then press Ctrl- while clicking on Speclab Hookup. Enter the correction value in Hz. The value of the displayed carrier in SL should now be precise. It only needs to be done once, all other frequencies will be correct, at least the ones below 70Mhz

How to set up it up when using Winradio (WR)
·use WR's VSC, in a few cases you instead can use VAC  
·turn on WR's secondary output with the samplerate of 48000 S/s  
·set in Spectrum Lab  
·audio input to WR's VSC,  
·samplerate to 48000  
·FFT size to 131072 this results in a resolution of about 0.5Hz  
·Startup SL before starting WR  
·Only then start WR, not the other way around  
·SL will now show the entire 22kHz bandwith, the tuned carrier appears at 12kHz  
Zoom out SL's frequency scale (right click) and then zoom in on the carrier  
·Tune WR and the frequency scale of SL will display the real frequency values  

Don't use the most recent version of SL, Wolfgang reworked SL and introduced some problems with functions that we need. Until he finds the time to fix it use V2.71 b5

History
V1.2 now supports Perseus.  
You don't need Speclab.xrs for it, but instead com0com needs to be installed. Most likely you already have it installed.  
Just start Perseus, then Stationlist and press Ctrl-P or click on Query Perseus  
NOTE: Whenever Perseus is not running anymore Query Perseus mode will be turned off  
 
V1.4  
·2 display modes: channel-only or list that scrolls along while tuning  
·right-click an entry sets the receiver to that frequency  
·log-book (right-shift-click copies an entry into it) allows to export your logs to Excel / HTML / text  
·recording scheduler that optionally sends the PC asleep while waiting for the next scheduled recording  
·fast toggle frequency function to compare if two frequencies carry the same programming  
·synchronizes Spectrum-Lab frequency axis for precise carrier measurements, allows to precisely calibrate the axis on-the-fly.  
·Nagoya and EIBI type list: only entries matching the current time and weekday (not EIBI) are shown  
·Press F1 to get more help  
 
V1.4.0.7  
·supports Perseus V2.1a  
·Watchlist: compiling stations / frequencies for fast & easy monitoring  
·automatic Recording more reliable now, Sample rate can now be defined  
·Logwindow: Date of reception of new entries user definable to simplify log of recordings  
 
V1.5.0.0  
·new: Playback Selector, timestamp of logs made in wav's recordings contain now the real reception time  
·recording scheduler: some problem fixed  
 
V1.5.0.3  
·Playback Selector behaviour improved and quirks elmininated  
·Recording scheduler: shutdown modes selectable, last recording can now turn off power of PC permanently  
·Spectrum-Lab frequency updates using higher precision to allow better calibration  
·supports Perseus V2.1d only, since V2.1f is unsuable for me  

V1.5.4  
You must delete older schedules.idb before starting this new version, and then re-enter your schedule from scratch.  
The file format has changed and ignoring this *will* cause errors  
 
·Tuning Modes, automtically selects USB/LSB while you tune, independly for Perseus & Winradio, useful for MW TA-DX  
·Frequency toggle and retaining (Playback Selector) now handles 1Hz values  
·Ctrl-Toggle sets alternative frequency to current frequency and leaves receiver unchanged  
·Right click on log entries tune the radio  
·Log window of current frequency now independly floating  
·Log-Database now selectable, useful when maintaining one for MW one for FM  
·Database shortcuts increased to 8 (F5..F8, Shift F5..F8)  
·Antennna switch suported in recording scheduler and via direct access  
·supports Perseus V2.1d only, since V2.1f is unsuable for me  

V1.5.5  
 
·Playback Selector: spin control added to control perseus playback trackbar in steps without annoying beeps  
·Frequency toggle: added fast access to favourite calibration reference frequency  
·supports Perseus V2.1d only, since V2.1f is unsuable for me  

V1.5.7  
 
·Supports Perseus V2.1h  
·Playback Selector: The basic functions are now available via the keyboard, saving you many unnecessary nouse clicks  
right/left move trackbar,  
* sets trackbar to zero,  
up / down keys tune next / prev channel  
·Press F1 to get more detailed help  

V1.5.8  
 
·Playback Selector: improved stabilty for retaining current tuned frequency  
·several other problems fixed concerning Spectrum-Lab updating  


Note: only one application can connect to com0com at a time.
If another application is connected to Perseus via com0com, Stationlist cannot connect unless you use VSPE

It has been reported that during fast Perseus tuning StationList may have problems to get updated.
Solution: turn on in com0com setupg emulate baud rate and enable buffer overrun





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