On Jun 23, 2025, Richard Owlett wrote: > 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] That adafruit one is OK. I'm not a big fan of the MCX connector, since you're a bit tied to that antenna then -- similar to older TVs that only had the 300-ohm twin-lead connection instead of an F-connector. It's certainly not the end of the world by any means, just gets annoying if/when the antenna needs to be moved around for better reception (I don't like adding adapters if I can avoid it). > All this excess reminds me of 1990's B&W line-art precursors of cartoon at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_swing_cartoon ;/ Which bit is the "excess" here? The breadth of ranges at which the receiver works? -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860
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