On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM 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.
Thanks for the info I just ordered the RTL-SDR with antenna bundle from Amazon. A little pricey at $50 but that is ok. When I lived in Korea I always tried to get DVB-TV to work on Linux but never found a device and software for it.
I usually do not use streaming audio/video from the internet as I use a 5G metered connection to the internet. I get 10 Gig of Hotspot and I have two phones so I get 20 Gig Total hotspot a month. I also have a T-Mobile 5G home internet router but it has about 50% packet loss and usually only gets 4G when it does work.
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).
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