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

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net>]

On 6/23/25 7:10 AM, Dan Purgert 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).

That explains the irrelevant hits I got to my web search.
That chip can do TOO much.
I was looking for a device aimed at 88-108 MHz band with builtin 
antenna. [https://www.adafruit.com/product/1497 approaches my goal]

All this excess reminds me of 1990's B&W line-art precursors of cartoon 
at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_swing_cartoon ;/

Preliminary searches for "RTL2832U" and/or "RTL-SDR" are promising.
Thank you.