Software Defined Radio is a pretty steep learning curve. You need to know about RF, digital signal processing, math, software and computers all at the same time

Software Defined Radio is a pretty steep learning curve. You need to know about RF, digital signal processing, math, software and computers all at the same time. On the GNU Radio Matrix server, we see Masters and Ph.D students have a difficult time with at least one of the above all the time. The most successful SDR hackers usually have a ham radio background.