I want to record an after midnight radio progran for later daytime
playback.... need a small radio with a built in casette recorder with
a built in on/off timer function....any advice appreciated. Thanks.

You didn't say if you were wanting to record an AM, FM or shortwave program.
But an easy way to do this would be use a $6.00 light timer ( turns lights
on and
off in your house at times you set ) and attach it to your radio & a
cassette recorder.
Put the tape in and press record, with the timer in the off position. When
the timer turns 'ON'
the radio ( already tuned to the frequency you want) will turn on and so
will the recorder,
and turn off in an hour or what ever you select.

If you want to get fancy, put the radio on a timer and attach to the sound
card of your
computer and use a VOX sound recorder program ( there are several
available )
from there you can listen directly from your system or make a CD of the
program
and listen to on any CD player or share it with anyone you want.


"rckchp" wrote in message
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I want to record an after midnight radio progran for later daytime
playback.... need a small radio with a built in casette recorder with
a built in on/off timer function....any advice appreciated. Thanks.

rckchp ) writes:
I want to record an after midnight radio progran for later daytime
playback.... need a small radio with a built in casette recorder with
a built in on/off timer function....any advice appreciated. Thanks.

Cassette recorders are getting scarce. Even in their prime, it was
rare to find a good shortwave receiver with a built in cassette recorder
(in case that is your question). But now few are interested in cassettes,
so they are disappearing.

You get more luck if you don't need a single unit. You can always get
a cassette deck at a garage sale for a few dollars, and hook that up
(if some garage sale boombox doesn't suffice). Of course, the timer
complicates things.

You should maybe widen your search. People have had success using
VCRs to record audio (they obviously give hours and hours of recording
time, if set right). So long as the radio doesn't have to change
frequency, you can just leave it on, and with the audio feeding the
VCR's audio input jacks (some VCRs require a video signal, that
you'll have to do something about, in order to record audio), and
set the VCR's timer to go off at the right time.

Except that it doesn't have a line-in, lots of MP3 players now have
some sort of recording ability, off the built in microphone. Again,
that doesn't deal with the timer, but that sort of thing seems to
be taking over when recording is needed.

I suspect many at this point use their computers to record audio. Again,
if the radio is being left on a single frequency, just leave it on and
feed the audio into the computer's soundcard. Then get the computer
to start recording at the specified time. At least some operating
systems have that capability.

Michael

On May 28, 2:19 am, (Michael Black) wrote:
rckchp ) writes:
I want to record an after midnight radio progran for later daytime
playback.... need a small radio with a built in casette recorder with
a built in on/off timer function....any advice appreciated. Thanks.

Cassette recorders are getting scarce. Even in their prime, it was
rare to find a good shortwave receiver with a built in cassette recorder
(in case that is your question). But now few are interested in cassettes,
so they are disappearing.

You get more luck if you don't need a single unit. You can always get
a cassette deck at a garage sale for a few dollars, and hook that up
(if some garage sale boombox doesn't suffice). Of course, the timer
complicates things.

You should maybe widen your search. People have had success using
VCRs to record audio (they obviously give hours and hours of recording
time, if set right). So long as the radio doesn't have to change
frequency, you can just leave it on, and with the audio feeding the
VCR's audio input jacks (some VCRs require a video signal, that
you'll have to do something about, in order to record audio), and
set the VCR's timer to go off at the right time.

Except that it doesn't have a line-in, lots of MP3 players now have
some sort of recording ability, off the built in microphone. Again,
that doesn't deal with the timer, but that sort of thing seems to
be taking over when recording is needed.

I suspect many at this point use their computers to record audio. Again,
if the radio is being left on a single frequency, just leave it on and
feed the audio into the computer's soundcard. Then get the computer
to start recording at the specified time. At least some operating
systems have that capability.

Michael

I don't have it, but many people tell me that Total Recorder is a
wonderful piece of software for this. I think it costs under $20 for
the basic version which is more than most people will ever need.

For me, I keep the radio in on position tuned to frequency I want. My
digital timer turns the radio on/off when I want it to. Program is
recorded onto a Sharp mini-disc recorder which is sitting in stand-by
mode waiting for input from the radio. You need a radio with an old-
fashioned mechanical on/off switch to work for this. Radio timer can
also work, but I find many of them limited....only leaving the radio
on for 60 mins when you may want more time to record.

On 28 May, 03:49, rckchp wrote:
I want to record an after midnight radio progran for later daytime
playback.... need a small radio with a built in casette recorder with
a built in on/off timer function....any advice appreciated. Thanks.




Also have a look at the Degen DE1121. Ideal for this application.

On 27 May 2007 19:49:53 -0700, rckchp wrote:

I want to record an after midnight radio progran for later daytime
playback.... need a small radio with a built in casette recorder with
a built in on/off timer function....any advice appreciated. Thanks.



Check the offerings at the CCRadio website. They have a number of
radios, some with built-in recorders, also, a-la-carte recorders that
will hook up to radios.

bob
k5qwg

On Mon, 28 May 2007 04:17:48 -0700, wavetrapper wrote:
I don't have it, but many people tell me that Total Recorder is a
wonderful piece of software for this. I think it costs under $20 for
the basic version which is more than most people will ever need.

I use Total Recorder. It works very well; can be linked to a .mp3 or .ogg
encoder (to compress the files so you don't use all your hard disk space!
- also, you can copy the files to a MP3 player so you don't have to have a
computer to listen to them) and contains a scheduler built-in. I use it
to record across the top of the hour to (hopefully) catch station IDs on
distant AM BCB stations.

Don't remember the price offhand (I bought it a long time ago) but it's
indeed pretty inexpensive and would not at all doubt $20.

http://tinyurl.com/modo

I use this free program with good results.



I don't have it, but many people tell me that Total Recorder is a
wonderful piece of software for this. I think it costs under $20 for
the basic version which is more than most people will ever need.

For me, I keep the radio in on position tuned to frequency I want. My
digital timer turns the radio on/off when I want it to. Program is
recorded onto a Sharp mini-disc recorder which is sitting in stand-by
mode waiting for input from the radio. You need a radio with an old-
fashioned mechanical on/off switch to work for this. Radio timer can
also work, but I find many of them limited....only leaving the radio
on for 60 mins when you may want more time to record.

A few months ago,I bought a Sony 135 hour digital recorder at the Wal
Mart store.
cuhulin