All recent versions of Winrad run under Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 1.6.1 has been tested on Windows 7 (32 and also 64 bit) with a Perseus. An earlier version v1.23 is also provided because it will still run under Windows 98SE.

Discussion Group

There is a yahoo discussion group for Winrad. If you are interested in joining, go to the New Winrad Group on Yahoo: click here to go to New Winrad Group You can join from there.

New changes and fixed in the new version 1.6.1

OmniRig working very well now

The last radio used is saved so when you start Winrad again your radio will be automatically selected.

The last state of the I/Q mode is stored so if you use I/Q swapped, Winrad will remember that and come up with this selected.

The issue of the Internationalization: use of "." or "," decimal fraction separators depending on country has been fixed.

New: you may adjust the parameters of the AGC buttons by right-clicking on them. A pop-up window will appear and you can change the values. Slow and Fast AGC are separate except for one common parameter. Note that you can "break" Winrad by moving the values too far. You must have the Threshold slider up most of the way or perhaps all of the way to really hear the effects of the AGC.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Command	Function
C	change LO so that received frequency is at center
H	shows GUI for external hardware (if it has one)
U	change unit (cycles through Hz, kHz, MHz)
Z	same as pressing the ZAP button
ctrl A	switch to AM mode
ctrl B	same as pressing Noise Blanker button
ctrl C	switch to CW mode
ctrl D	switch to DRM mode
ctrl E	switch to ECSS mode
ctrl F	switch to FM mode
ctrl L	switch to LSB mode
ctrl O	enter LO frequency value from keyboard
ctrl P	same as pressing CW Peak button
ctrl R	same as pressing N. Red. button
ctrl T	enter tune frequency value from keyboard
ctrl U	switch to USB mode
Arrow Up	change tune frequency by 0.1 kHz
Arrow Down	change tune frequency by -0.1 kHz
Arrow Right	change LO frequency by 10 kHz
Arrow Left	change LO frequency by -10 kHz
Sh. Arrow Up	change tune frequency by 1.0 kHz
Sh. Arrow Down	change tune frequency by -1.0 kHz
Sh. Arrow Right	change LO frequency by 100 kHz
Sh. Arrow Left	change LO frequency by -100 kHz
Page Up	increase LO frequency by size of the spectrum window
Page Down	decrease LO frequency by size of the spectrum window

Downloads & Links

Important! Before installing the new version, please read this.

1. If you want to have the original version 1.32 or 1.33 on the same computer, you may, but you must do the following step:
Winrad v1.32 should be renamed to winrad132.exe so that it will not be overwritten when you install the new version. You can create a separate desktop shortcut for that.
2. You must uninstall the earlier version (1.4.2 to 1.5.0) before you install 1.6.1. This is done in the Windows Control Panel using Add / Remove Programs.

• New version Feb. 22, 2010: click here for v 1.6.1 which is now a msi installer
• Winrad 1.32 build 21 by Alberto (Jan.4, 2009)
• this old version is made to run only on Win98: click here for old Winrad 1.23
• Winrad User Guide for v1.32 (still useful for the current version except for the frequency display and the keyboard shortcuts)
• Download the support files for the RFspace SDR-14 and SDR-I/Q receivers.
• Download the support files for the Perseus Direct Sampling Receiver from the Perseus home page. The extio .DLL is written correctly and reports whether it is really plugged in and powered on or not.
• We welcome to our list a new low cost SDR the LD-1A which has a correctly written extio DLL for Winrad. Please check it out here: Lazy Dog Engineering.
• Get the New version (V0.2) of the Winrad DLL for the Softrock V9.0 written by PE0FKO: ExtIO_Si570.dll control
• Get the new SDR HF receiver designed and made by Martin Pernter, IW3AUT called PM-SDR. His webpage includes a DLL to use his receiver with Winrad.
• Download the support files for the Elektor SDR receiver published in the May 2007 issue of Elektor. But the extio DLL is not written correctly and does not report if the radio is unplugged. The Author has not replied so far.
• Download the API document for writing a DLL to work with Winrad (Oct. 23, 2008)
• New Preselector Software Available (Nov. 16, 2010)

  Juan Jose de Oñate, M0WWA has made a new version of his high performance tuneable preselector and he has written control software for it to work with Winrad. His dll allows Winrad to control your SDR and this preselector at the same time. Please look at the following webpage: http://herostechnology.co.uk/pages/SCR_Preselector.html where you will find a complete description and ordering information. If you already own one of these, you may obtain the Winrad interface guide here: http://www.m0wwa.co.uk/page/scr_preselector_Winrad.html
  Juan writes that he has tested this with the Softrock and the Lazydog receivers. He expects that it should work with all Winrad capable receivers if they have implemented the extio dll correctly. Please contact Juan directly for questions and support.