[Discuss-gnuradio] Heard FM on the basic RX hooray!

[M. Ranganathan]

After some (perhaps needless) struggle I am happy to report I finally 
got to listen to some FM stations using the basic Rx. Some tips for the 
wary newcomer:

1. Dont try to build wxPython. It requires an act of God to get all the 
pieces together to make that happen. Instead install from the binary 
that you can get from wxPython.org.
2. You are best off inserting a wire into the connector for the Antenna. 
Radio shack does not cary a suitable antenna that fits into the connector.
3. You dont need anything more than a long wire as an "RF Front End" to 
just fiddle around and get some FM reception.

So it actually works! That was the point of the exercise. I have the 
worlds most expensive FM radio finally (for the quality of sound I get 
from it anyway -- no this is not a complaint). I will now proceed to 
figure out the various pieces that make this all work.

Rock and roll!