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video of a guy in the "middle" of the ocean in a kayak with a pontoon, outboard motor, a complete bait & tackle shop, who rescues an iguana that understands English
trying to determine what is most intriguing about that video
Sometimes, the simplest of solutions are appropriate for the most vexing of problems.
This is a test jig (well, this circuit x4) which I think will finally help us to find the lurking gremlins in a terribly complex RF switching matrix which eluded my predecessor. He was focused on incredibly complex RF sweeps with expensive test equipment, which got nowhere. I thought "Well, **** it. It may be incredibly complicated, but it's really just a large array of DC-powered relays arranged in a non-blocking, fully-spanning topology, which is 1950's era technology. So let's start by examining it discretely at the DC level, one frame at a time, with simple test gear."
Build photos to come after parts arrive. I could be wrong, but I think this is a good first step. Nobody has every tried a simple approach before.