[Discuss-gnuradio] "gnuradio challenges" (for learning GNU Radio)

[Kristoff]

Hi all,


After the GNU Radio workshop at hsbxl two weeks ago, a number of people 
of the Belgian amateur-radio community who where at the workshop have 
shown interest in continuing to learn more about GNU Radio.

However, one of the main issues we have noticed that we kind-of lack a 
good "application" to use GNU Radio for, and -as we all known- you only 
learn something by using it.


So, based on the idea used in cybersecurity training, I would like to 
see if it not possible to create a number of "GNU Radio challenges", 
either decoding radio-signals or creating an encoder that produces a 
desired signal.


I know Ben Hilburn created the challenge (found on the GNU Radio 
website) but that one is way above what most people are able to decode 
(let alone people just starting out with GNU Radio).
Again, looking at the cybersecurity-scene: If you look at a website like 
"root me" (https://www.root-me.org/?lang=en), it provides a number of 
challenges with an increasing degree of difficulty, which allow people 
to build up their skills step by step. And -as I see it- this "step by 
step" approach is the most important element in a educational project.

So, does anybody know if there are, or is anybody interested to help 
create, more GNU Radio challenges that can be used for an educational 
purpose, to provide people with a "learning path" to really start to 
learn and use GNU Radio?

Are there people who use GNU Radio as part of teaching 
radio-communication? What topics do you teach and in what order? How do 
you get the students to understand radio-communication and GNU Radio?

Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.