Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., known as Joe Taylor, is an American physicist and amateur radio operator. Born on March 29, 1941, Taylor is best known for his contributions to radio astronomy and his development of digital communication modes for amateur radio. Taylor was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993, along with his colleague Russell Alan Hulse, for their discovery of the first binary pulsar, which provided strong evidence for the existence of gravitational waves as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. In addition to his work in radio astronomy, Taylor has been actively involved in amateur radio for many years and has made significant contributions to the development of digital communication modes for amateur radio, including FT8, JT65, and WSPR. He is also the co-author of the WSJT-X software suite, which is widely used by amateur radio operators for digital mode communication. Taylor's work has had a profound impact on both the scientific and amateur radio communities, earning him numerous awards and honors throughout his career. s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hooton_Taylor_Jr.