Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available?

[John Dow <johnmdow@me.com>]

On 23 Jun 2025, at 13:10, Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> wrote:

On Jun 23, 2025, Richard Owlett wrote:

I'm old enough to remember pocket radios of the fifties/sixties.
I looking for a USB device to plug into my laptop running Debian 12 so
I can listen to a local station while working. I'd also want to record
as MP3 for listening at a more convenient time.

RTL2832U dongle and RTL-SDR should cover that.  RECORDING the station
might be a little more interesting, but I don't see why it wouldn't be
doable.

Note that most of the things sold with this chipset are going to be
marketed as TV Tuners; but the chip itself is capable of receiving
anything between the 630 meter and 23 centimeter bands (approx 475 KHz
to 1.2 GHz).  

I’ve just checked by plugging in my RTL SDR - it does exactly what you want. If you use Gqrx, you can record directly from it.

J

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