> On 23 Jun 2025, at 13:10, Dan Purgert <d...@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 -- John Dow <j...@nelefa.org> http://www.nelefa.org PVC:APKTIDQ4881ao2SFS0DZLOe7t6V0UwcuUV4x3dnkJR0TZsYX0usQ 
