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- DCLex on Motus in finem velocior – Daily Rome Shot 1224: “Freeze the Queen with 1. Bc6 forcing QxB 2. Qe7#”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “One other possibility, Rh6 (or h1 … or h5), … … , Rf8+ Pxf8Q# … , (any other move) Rh8#”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “The good Father wrote: “Seminary in the 1980’s. That’s the old technique, isn’t it? Anyone who was conservative was labeled…”
- on Motus in finem velocior – Daily Rome Shot 1224: “White to move and mate in two. Time yourself. Ready… set… CLICK! [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “The dishonesty of the description of the traditional Mass is breathtaking: “…a taste for …clerical ostentation, which is none other…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “Nothing in the world is going to make me buy, let alone read, ‘Hope.’ There is, however, an excellent book…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “What’s in the box? A lot. That’s why it’s big. Two items I’d like to see: Gagnon’s report (Murder on…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “Various other trad site have excerpted a blurb in “Hope” in which the Holy Father rehashes one of his favorite…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “When they finish using those fire fighting planes in LA, they might fill them with Epiphany water and do a…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: ““unhealthy for the liturgy to become ideology … rigidity … ecclesiastic…individualism … sectarian worldliness” What gross hypocrisy!”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1221 – mistreated: “No one seems to have solved the chess problem yet, so I’ll suggest this: 1. . . . f7f6+ 2.…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “Phil Lawler’s wife, Leila, has a very interesting ‘take’ on Francis’s approach to argument or controversy on her Substack: https://leilamarielawler.substack.com/p/the-bulverism-of-pope-francis?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=1i2dg&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “I have been considering two interpretations for that phrase “fascination for what is not understood.” If it is referring to…”
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Tag Archives: Ham Radio Saturday
CQ CQ CQ – Ham Radio Thursday: Vatican Radio’s suicide based on bad econ and bad info
First, the bad news. From Sandro Magister on the sad sad sad blinkered decision to shut down Vatican Radio’s shortwave operations. There was a big stir over the post from Settimo Cielo [HERE and HERE] on February 20 about the … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Pò sì jiù
Tagged Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday, Vatican Radio. short wave radio
8 Comments
8 Comments
CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday : On a Catholic note
A DX contact from a fellow Ham Radio Operator…* Remember that one of our readers here has made his Echolink node available to us: 554286 – WB0YLE-R (Thanks!) Remember: You must be licensed to use Echolink. BTW… there is a great iPhone app … Read More
CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday : Vatican
I haven’t posted about Ham Radio lately. I haven’t been active. I have no “shack” at the moment here in the Cupboard Under the Stairs. (No bird feeders, either… though I do have a stove, now. That’s something.) However, I … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio
Tagged CQ, Ham Radio Saturday, Morse Code, Vatican Radio, Zuhlsdorf's Law
6 Comments
6 Comments
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: Zuhlsdorf’s Law strikes again… and again.
Last week I wrote that I passed my Extra exam, to upgrade my license. Really. I did actually pass. So, I patiently checked the FCC site every couple days to see if the upgrade was posted. No joy. Then I … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: Winter Field Day – Lost!
Now for another edition of Ham Radio Saturday. I created a page for the List of YOUR callsigns. HERE Chime in or drop me a note if your call doesn’t appear in the list. Today I have been listening on 20m … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio
Tagged Ham radio, Ham Radio Event, Ham Radio Saturday, Winter Field Day
4 Comments
4 Comments
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: Middle Of Nowhere
Now for another edition of Ham Radio Saturday. I created a page for the List of YOUR callsigns. HERE Chime in or drop me a note if your call doesn’t appear in the list. I’ve been really busy lately, so I … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: taverns, windmills and dumplings
Now for another edition of Ham Radio Saturday. I created a page for the List of YOUR callsigns. HERE Chime in or drop me a note if your call doesn’t appear in the list. I’ve been really busy lately, so I … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Chinese food, CQ, Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday, windmill
8 Comments
8 Comments
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday – Frigid
First… Fr. Z’s Blog Ham Radio Operators Not on the list? Wanna be? Drop me a line. Last week I had a spur of the moment field day. It was an autumnally beauteous day. I figured that we weren’t going to … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Sunday – Field Day
Actually I am in a cemetery at the top of the hill by the parish. As I write! That’s the vertical. I also managed to string up a 40m center-fed wire dipole. It’s 2045 UTC and I’m on 20 and 40. … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged CQ, dipole, Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday
5 Comments
5 Comments
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: Calls, clubs and cables
Now for another edition of Ham Radio Saturday. I created a page for the List of YOUR callsigns. HERE Chime in or drop me a note if your call doesn’t appear in the list. The first Ham Radio news of global … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged antenna, call sign, Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday
62 Comments
62 Comments
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday – NYC, stuff I don’t understand, and #UnaVoce
I set up on Twitter FrZ_HamRadio so we might more easily make contacts on the fly. I believe KD8ZFF also set something up. He can chime in with details. During my recent too brief trip to New York City I … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio
Tagged CQ, D. LaCrosse, Echolink, Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday, QSL card, Una Voce
68 Comments
68 Comments
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday – of Vatican Radio and Geomagnetic Storms
On the cusp of Sunday last, sleepless, I turned on my rig and heard on 40m at 7250 Vatican Radio’s morning broadcast of Mass in Latin (OF). The celebrant sounded French. You can get VR’s Rome station 105FM perfectly over … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday – Of shops, a video, a Latinist digression, QSL card, prayers
I will set up and turn on my rig sometime during the day and in the evening. Perhaps some of you might use the combox to set up some scheds. I didn’t post last Saturday because I was travelling. But … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm
Tagged Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday
85 Comments
85 Comments
CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday – DX SUCCESS!
Happy news. On Thursday a local ham and expert on antennas (who also attends the TLM) came to my BOQ to consult about antennas and a potential location in the complex for a station. We worked on my rig and … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged antenna, DX, Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday, QSO
92 Comments
92 Comments
CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday – QSO / QSL Card 1st Draft
Last week I mentioned that I – who am not yet proficient in Morse Code – used my iPhone app to decode some signals that I picked up. I heard people from Maine and Oklahoma. This week I set up my … Read More
CQ CQ CQ – Ham Radio Saturday – Annuntio vobis gaudium!
UPDATES below. Original published on: May 2, 2015 @ 10:16 ___ This morning I took my General Class license examination. I passed with a perfect score (as I did for my Tech exam). Now it is on to the Extra Class exam! … Read More
CQ CQ CQ – Ham Radio Saturday
To all you Hams out there, some news. I decided the get the General License exam under my belt, so I am studying diligently every day. I haven’t seen math like this since physics about 30 years ago. Also, I received … Read More
DCLex on Motus in finem velocior – Daily Rome Shot 1224: “Freeze the Queen with 1. Bc6 forcing QxB 2. Qe7#”
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