+++
title = 'Listen to VHF/UHF radio with an RTL-SDR stick'
aliases = '/posts/2023-06-04-old-school-radio-with-rtl-sdr'
summary = '''Listen to old-school radio on the command line with `rtl_sdr`.'''
date = '2023-06-04T10:33:11+02:00'
lastmod = '2023-11-18T21:58:00+0000'
categories = [ 'amateur-radio', 'computerstuff' ]
tags = [ 'linux', 'freebsd', 'sdr' ]

+++

## Listen to Ö3 at 97.8 MHz
```console
$ rtl_fm -f 97800000 -M wbfm - | play -t raw -r 32k -es -b 16 -c 1 -V1 -
```

It is usually `-r 24k` if we don't use `-M wbfm`.