diff --git a/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.cpp b/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.cpp
index f8876a96d..ad2ad6407 100644
--- a/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.cpp
+++ b/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 // along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <QUdpSocket>
 
 #include "channel/sdrdaemondataqueue.h"
 #include "channel/sdrdaemondatablock.h"
@@ -31,14 +32,18 @@ SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread(SDRDaemonDataQueue *dataQ
     QThread(parent),
     m_running(false),
     m_dataQueue(dataQueue),
-    m_cm256(cm256)
+    m_cm256(cm256),
+    m_address(QHostAddress::LocalHost),
+    m_port(9090)
 {
+    m_socket = new QUdpSocket(this);
     connect(m_dataQueue, SIGNAL(dataBlockEnqueued()), this, SLOT(handleData()));
 }
 
 SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::~SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread()
 {
     stopWork();
+    delete m_socket;
 }
 
 void SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::startWork()
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ void SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::run()
         sleep(1); // Do nothing as everything is in the data handler (dequeuer)
     }
 
-    m_running = false;    
+    m_running = false;
     qDebug("SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::run: end");
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ bool SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::handleDataBlock(SDRDaemonDataBlock& dataBlock)
     {
         for (int i = 0; i < SDRDaemonNbOrginalBlocks; i++)
         {
-            // TODO: send block via UDP here
+            // send block via UDP
+            m_socket->writeDatagram((const char*)&txBlockx[i], (qint64 ) SDRDaemonUdpSize, m_address, m_port);
             usleep(txDelay);
         }
     }
@@ -109,7 +115,7 @@ bool SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::handleDataBlock(SDRDaemonDataBlock& dataBlock)
             txBlockx[i].m_header.m_blockIndex = i;
             descriptorBlocks[i].Block = (void *) &(txBlockx[i].m_protectedBlock);
             descriptorBlocks[i].Index = txBlockx[i].m_header.m_blockIndex;
-        }        
+        }
 
         // Encode FEC blocks
         if (m_cm256->cm256_encode(cm256Params, descriptorBlocks, fecBlocks))
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ bool SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::handleDataBlock(SDRDaemonDataBlock& dataBlock)
             qWarning("SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::handleDataBlock: CM256 encode failed. No transmission.");
             // TODO: send without FEC changing meta data to set indication of no FEC
             return true;
-        }       
+        }
 
         // Merge FEC with data to transmit
         for (int i = 0; i < cm256Params.RecoveryCount; i++)
@@ -128,7 +134,8 @@ bool SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::handleDataBlock(SDRDaemonDataBlock& dataBlock)
         // Transmit all blocks
         for (int i = 0; i < cm256Params.OriginalCount + cm256Params.RecoveryCount; i++)
         {
-            // TODO: send block via UDP here
+            // send block via UDP
+            m_socket->writeDatagram((const char*)&txBlockx[i], (qint64 ) SDRDaemonUdpSize, m_address, m_port);
             usleep(txDelay);
         }
     }
@@ -147,5 +154,5 @@ void SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread::handleData()
         {
             delete dataBlock;
         }
-    }    
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.h b/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.h
index afa11524d..a64115363 100644
--- a/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.h
+++ b/sdrdaemon/channel/sdrdaemonchannelsinkthread.h
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <QWaitCondition>
+#include <QHostAddress>
 
 class SDRDaemonDataQueue;
 class SDRDaemonDataBlock;
 class CM256;
+class QUdpSocket;
 
 class SDRDaemonChannelSinkThread : public QThread {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -38,18 +40,24 @@ public:
     void startWork();
 	void stopWork();
 
+    void setAddress(QString& address) { m_address.setAddress(address); }
+    void setPort(unsigned int port) { m_port = port; }
+
 private:
 	QMutex m_startWaitMutex;
 	QWaitCondition m_startWaiter;
 	bool m_running;
 
     SDRDaemonDataQueue *m_dataQueue;
-
     CM256 *m_cm256;                       //!< CM256 library object
 
+    QHostAddress m_address;
+    unsigned int m_port;
+    QUdpSocket *m_socket;
+
     void run();
     bool handleDataBlock(SDRDaemonDataBlock& dataBlock);
 
 private slots:
     void handleData();
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};