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So, what, we're just going to carry around USB antennas now?
A lot of phones already have the capability to recieve broadcast band FM, the type and electrical length of the antenna matters a lot less when you're just receiving signals.
I already do, sort of. RTL-SDR
No better way to drain phone battery. Also doubles as a hand warmer.
You do SDR on your phone? The last time I played with one of those dongles was like a decade ago and mostly I used it to check out NOAA satellite data and eavesdrop on air traffic control at the local airport.
I wonder how useful that would still be to keep tabs on the local pigs during the protests the next time they murder someone?