BJ Leiderman’s NPR Public Radio Theme Sampler
All the jingles you love from NPR.
Radio
January 23, 2019 6:37 pm Update
Have you ever tried listening to a frequency modulated radio station using amplitude modulation (you can do this with software defined radio)? It sounds really strange, like the radio announcers are ghosts, very distorted.
Farmville, Va
Farmville, Virigina. I love to horrify my liberal friends when I tell them my favorite conservative talk radio host is Cam Edwards of NRA News and also 40 Acres and Fool. He lives in Farmville, although he often is in the DC metro area working as the spokesperson for the NRA. I really like his programs, he’s such an entertaining good old boy who like his hogs, backstrap, and guns.
But then again, on balance I do like watching the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. So I’m still a good liberal. Haha.
Hello, You’re on Car Talk
I just set my ring tone to Randy Newman’s Dixie Flyer. Now, when I get phone calls I’ll have to resist the urge to say, “Hello, You’re On Cartalk.”
Why I Think Not Owning a Television Makes Life Better
I don’t own a television or have internet at home.📺 I do have a smartphone but I get most of my news from the radio or podcasts that I download at work or on the wifi.
I prefer to get my news and entertainment not by the screen but by listening. 📻 Radio is kind of special – with no pictures you have to use your mind to fill in the details. You don’t have the prejudices that images put in your mind, your free to imagine the characters as you see fit.
You can bring a radio virtually anywhere you go. It’s safe to use while driving. Headphones allow you to use on the bus and in most public places without distracting others.🎧 Radio can take you to far away lands without ever leaving where you currently are.
Even when I get older, settle down, maybe finally own land and the off grid cabin of my future, 🏠 I highly doubt I’ll ever have television or Internet at home.
HD Radio NRSC-5 receiver for rtl-sdr
One of the things I want to do with the rtl-sdr radio USB dongle is be able to listen to HD Radio at home using my laptop. Sure you can most local radio stations streaming over the Internet, but I don't have Internet at home, and it would be nice to get these additional side frequencies. The library compiled without problems, although I don't have the dongle for testing at home.
Get stIarted with Software Defined Radio SDR for $20
I had no idea this technology was out there or how much you could do with it using free software for Linux. You can process almost any kind of radio wave detected by this little dongle using software for Linux -- like television stations, FM radio, weather radio, and even police and other two-way radios.