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    1. Vol 1 Weak-Signal Modes & FT8 — Vol 1: The Nobel Laureate Who Rewrote Ham Radio Joe Taylor pulled a binary pulsar out of the noise and won a Nobel Prize for it. Then he applied the same mathematics to a callsign, and on 29 June 2017 — weeks after this sub-project's seed article went to press — changed amateur radio more than anything since SSB.
    2. Vol 2 Weak-Signal Modes & FT8 — Vol 2: The Rest of the Family, and the Argument A beacon that maps the ionosphere, a mode that talks off meteor trails, one that bounces off the Moon, and one that gives you your sentences back. Then the fight: is FT8 operating, or is it two computers exchanging grid squares while their owners sleep?