# Want to contribute :-) **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [February 25, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-contribute/234345 "2015-02-25T18:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-contribute/234345/1 "2015-02-25T18:25:05Z")
Hello everyone, I am vilvanesh k,an undergraduate ,studying electronics and communication engineering in IIT BHU,Varanasi,India.I want to join the GNU Radio community and contribute to the same. Few [http://same.few](http://same.few) of my college mate’s awesome experience as a open source developer and being a part of the open source community in GSoC were my primary source of inspiration.I have written a brief note about myself to give a better understanding. What I have done till now: Read the following pages: 1.[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki). 2.[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/HowToUse](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/HowToUse). 3.[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/HowToGetInvolved](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/HowToGetInvolved). 4.[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://) [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) [gnuradio.org](http://gnuradio.org) [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) / [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) redmine [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) /projects/ [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) gnuradio [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) /wiki/ [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) ReportingErrors [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Developmdedicatettp://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) . and more related sub links. Searched the entire mailing list archive for advice/instructions to beginners. Installed gnu radio and all the dependencies (from the build script(it was very helpful))and I have googled what all can I do with gnu radio, just to understand the power of it! Skills and resources: C++ - I have been learning it for the past two years and have written programmes in high school. I have a 24\*7access to Asia’s largest cyber library(thousands of journals are available,they can help me in conceptual understanding of the subject) I can dedicate 4-5 hours daily for the next 14 days and may be more after few weeks. Note:I don’t have any experience in developing softwares,but have done high school level programmes in C++. With the above things under consideration, I kindly request you all, to give suggestions to me on contributing to the project as a developer. P.S:If I could get used to the community and become familiar with gnu radio development soon enough,I will draft a proposal for GSoC 2015 and I will be ready to dedicate my summer for GSoC 2015 🙂 Eagerly waiting for a response. Thanking you, vilvanesh k. email address: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![vilvaneshk\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vilvaneshk\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vilvaneshk_S)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-contribute/234345/2 "2015-02-25T18:30:34Z")
The fourth link in my previous was actually [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ReportingErrors) and [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Development](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Development) Sorry for the inconvenience caused,if any. Thanking you,vilvanesh k ---
**Author:** ![vilvaneshk\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vilvaneshk\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vilvaneshk_S)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-contribute/234345/3 "2015-02-25T18:33:42Z")
Hi Vilvanesh! Welcome to the GNU Radio mailing list; nice to have you here. Wow, so much enthusiasm, I think we all like you already 🙂 So, how has your hands-on experience been so far? Did you like playing around with GRC, did you find the tutorials [1] O.K.? Is there something we can improve to give you, as a potential new developer, a good start? If you want to take a look, we already have a page where we collect GSoC ideas[2]. Do you like one of these? Do you have something else in mind? Did you do software defined radio in your studies so far? Greetings, Marcus [1] [https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Guided\_Tutorials](https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Guided_Tutorials) [2] [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC)