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Category Archives: Ham Radio
ASK FATHER: CQ CQ CQ … QSL?
It’s Ham Saturday for me, it seems. I have had email about Echolink (which I still haven’t gotten into… mea culpa). And now this, from a reader… QUAERITUR: I would like to know what your thoughts on including Catholic art … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Ham Radio
Tagged CQ, Echolink, Ham radio, QSL, QSL card
18 Comments
18 Comments
HAM RADIO stuff again: Echolink QSL request by RADIOGRAM.
I’ll put on my Ham hat for a moment to share some news and ask advice from my virtual Elmers. I posted a while back about Echolink HERE and HERE. Alas, we haven’t done anything with this yet. Should we … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Ham Radio, Just Too Cool
Tagged 73, Echolink, Ham radio, QSL, Radiogram
17 Comments
17 Comments
CQ CQ CQ This is Whiskey Delta Tango Papa Romeo Sierra … ECHOLINK & APRS
UPDATE 6 Sept: No, I haven’t worked on my General in the last week or so, and, No, I haven’t done anything with Echolink yet. However, the other day I did figure out today how to send APRS messages with … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged 73, Echolink, Ham radio
65 Comments
65 Comments
HAM RADIO ACTION ITEM! Support HR 4969 NOW!
HR 4969 – the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014” – was introduced into the 113th Congress. This bipartisan effort would direct the FCC to extend the “reasonable accommodation” provisions for Amateur Radio antennas to include all types of land-use regulation, including … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Ham Radio, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm
Tagged ARRL, Ham radio, HR 4969
6 Comments
6 Comments
HAM RADIO and ECHOLINK revisited
A while ago, I posted about Ham Radio and many of you operators came out of the woodwork. The topic of Echolink came up. I received this today: Dear Fr. Z., Do you speak Italian? [yes] I think so, but … Read More
Of a hand-held radio, a US Senator, a concealed hand gun, and a cri de coeur
When I got interested in Ham Radio, I discovered on YouTube some video offerings from “USNERDOC“, a fellow in Oregon who was in the Navy and is an emergency medicine doctor. He has gotten into Ham Radio, in part, to … Read More
SOLAR FLARE ALERT! But don’t worry, because “Firedrake Keeps You Safe”! (Short Wave and Ham Radio Fun)
A convergence of events drives me yet again to post, on this bloggily-productive day. First, a TEOTWAWKI Solar Flare, Coronal Mass Ejection and resulting grid killing EMP may be coming…. From SpaceWeather: ACTIVE SUNSPOT: One of the biggest sunspots of … Read More
SP3RN
Sometime ago I expressed interest in obtaining a Ham (amateur) Radio license. Did you know that St. Maximilian Kolbe is the only saint to have held an amateur radio license? His call: SP3RN … Okay… he is a martyr saint. … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Ham radio, SP3RN, St. Maximilian Kolbe
16 Comments
16 Comments
The average age of the LCWR is…
…74. 73s!
Very Cool Stuff: A dad and IRLP (that’s Ham Radio lingo) and panning for gold
As some of you know, I have been studying for my Ham Radio license. I am squared away with the Technician’s License material and could do that exam at any time, but right now life is really – excuse the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged Ham radio, IRLP, KF7ETX, mensch, USNERDOC
11 Comments
11 Comments
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: Priest says the consecration of the chalice over the host: “Prof: I wouldn’t psychoanalyze the guy from afar based on this. Nor would I assume that he doesn’t know what…”
