At the most recent Visalia in 2019 (and later at Dayton, I think),
George presented two feats of engineering excellence that blew me away.
First, his "Radio In A Box" has the potential to revolutionize
DXpeditioning to islands, drastically reducing their cost, the number of
hams needed, man-hours spent on the island, and the resulting impact on
the island's natural state. All of this has the potential to make it far
easier to obtain permissions from authorities.
Second, his observations that during DXpeditions, topband openings tend
to occur on one night out of a couple of weeks, and that since CW and
FT8 are the dominant modes for weak signal work, both need to active
whenever there is the likelihood of propagation (that is, between the
daylight sides of the terminator), led him to devise a system to achieve
that.
Both of these achievements are described on the qrz page for C6AGU. If
you've missed them up to now, by all means check it out!
73, Jim K9YC
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