nah, and rtl-sdr units are under $20 so you should look into picking one up, they're a blast. You can actually create a transmitter out of a sound card though,

nah, and rtl-sdr units are under $20 so you should look into picking one up, they're a blast. You can actually create a transmitter out of a sound card though, it's kind of a fun experiment https://dspillustrations.com/pages/posts/misc/using-your-soundcard-for-hands-on-digital-communication.html https://dspillustrations.com/pages/posts/misc/using-your-sou... Some people have also tried to create a wifi interface from SDR transceivers, but they're extremely inefficient.