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I test these on Pembrey and the famous Pendine Sands beaches in Wales, with video clips I can present.\n\nImposter credentials: I am a hospital doctor not an engineer. Electronic hobbyist. Until I started this sequence of machines I had only coded in BASIC aged 14 on my Sinclair ZX81 (built from a kit obviously).","original_language":"eng","persons":["John 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