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

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On 6/23/25 9:00 AM, Hans wrote:
> Am Montag, 23. Juni 2025, 13:53:35 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
>> 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.
>>
>> My web search turned up little relevant detail.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> TIA
> The chipset is important. The RTL2832U is working well and is well suported in
> linux.
> 
> As GUI most people are using GQRX in linux, but I heard, some windows gui
> shall work with wine.
> 
> However, my personal success was most time with GQRX.
> 
> Maybe you might want to take a deeper look at 2823U-dongles, there are two
> different kinds available: One is for 24MHz up to 1,8GHz, the other one is for
> 100kHz up to 1,8GHz.
> 
> The difference between them ist, the one with shortwave capable got TWO
> tunerchips inside, one for only shortwave, the other one for vhf and uhf.
> 
> Shortwave might be intereresting if you are a radio amateur like me.
> 
> Besides, I personally got the one for shortwave not running. It is confirmed
> to be possible, the problem here is not the technics, but the operater (say:
> me).
> 
> Hope this helps a little bit.

It does.
Searching for the various chips mentioned in this thread has been 
productive. I suspect a hobbyist has solved most of my problems.

Side Issue -- Google and DuckDuckGo seem more interested in quantity 
rather than quality. Any pointers to search engine with friendly Boolean 
search? TIA

> 
> Best
> 
> Hans
> 

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  Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-23 14:20 +0200
    Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? John Dow <johnmdow@me.com> - 2025-06-23 14:40 +0200
    Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2025-06-23 16:00 +0200
      Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-23 16:30 +0200
        Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2025-06-24 14:20 +0200
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    Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2025-06-25 12:20 +0200
  Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Hans <hans.ullrich@mail.de> - 2025-06-23 16:10 +0200
    Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2025-06-24 14:30 +0200
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        Re: Linux friendly FM tuner on USB device - available? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-25 16:40 +0200
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          Re: More effective searching Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2025-06-30 16:10 +0200
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