WORLD OF RADIO #1092, produced August 15, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *New August edition of Continent of Media 01-08 starts Aug 17 on RFPI; also via DXing.com and linked from our website (STREAM) http://www.freespeech.org/hauser/sounds/com0108.ram (SUMMARY when available) https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/com0108.html *New Mundo Radial starts Aug 17 on WWCR, Fri 2114 on 15685 *DXers Calling provides WOR, Marie Lamb and Paul Ormandy in rotation: http://www.geocities.com/nri3 and also ham Q-News; see DXLD 1-107 *New high-power transmitters being shipped to China, Greece *Mexican DX Meeting report on Viva Miami, WRMI, Aug 19-22 *WBCQ ship project delayed for fund raising; R. Caroline relay starts Aug. 16 on 7, not 17 MHz; which BBCWS programmes should WBCQ relay? *Tigray exiles in Indiana try broadcasting via WWCR to Ethiopia; see http://www.ethiopiancommentator.com for background in English, audio *Radio UNMEE broadcasts to Ethiopia, Eritrea *Monitoring Somalia from Kenya; few SW stations active. See DXLD 1-106 and various station websites: http://www.hornafrik.com http://www.allpuntland.com http://www.arlaadi.com *R. Mogadishu heard in UK; and R. Omdurman, Sudan, not in evenings *R. Burundi`s reactivated SW still not heard; mostly blocked *V. of Africa, Libya, back on 17 MHz instead of 15; address heard by Mocanu, Cumbre DX: africavoice@hotmail.com *Sporadic English from Algeria heard again *NPR Weekend Edition Saturday had 17-minute report from Sealand: http://www.npr.org/programs/wesat/features/2001/sealand/081101.sealand.html http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesat/20010811.wesat.07.rmm *David Dimbleby leading applicant to head BBC, but opposed by unions *BBC Learning English no longer on SW to Europe, but MW *Film on the web of early 1938 trans-Atlantic TVDX from London to New York: http://www.apts.org.uk/recording.htm *David Hodgson, Nashville, DXed QRP test from R. Borderhunter, Belgian pirate on 15 MHz, down to 1/10 watt; congratulations *Standard disclaimer *Midpoint of WOR 1092, https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ Addresses wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA *Thanks this week for financial support go to: Bill Flynn in Oregon *Deutsche Welle`s monthly DX sub-program in English gets lost in the shuffle; to Asia only, last Saturday of each month with Mailbag Asia. Webcast schedule at http://www.publicradiofan.com *Let`s vote for R. Austria; make your support known against another 50% budget cut: via webform at http://www.ratzer.at *R. Budapest, Hungary, may also be in trouble, as EDXC Conference is about to happen there August 24 *V. of Armenia`s Sunday English schedule varies, but excellent reception in UK *V. of Mesopotamia, clandestine, new frequency *V. of Kurdistan Toilers at new time; R. Kurdistan, V. of the Kurdish Socialist Democratic Party also monitored *Iranian clandestine on 17 MHz appears to be Seday-e Iran, formerly too close to WWCR on 15 *Experimental Japanese station JG2XA studies Doppler effect near former JJY frequencies; see http://ssro.ee.uec.ac.jp/lab_tomi/index.html *QSL from BPM, Chinese timesignal station gives schedule *Keith Perron has media show Wavelength on CRI`s domestic morning show in English, Friday; via http://www.cri.com.cn *Excellent article on Falun Dong: http://slate.msn.com/Subcultures/01-08-09/Subcultures.asp *R. Australia temporarily switched an Indonesian broadcast from Tinian to Abu Dhabi, same frequency until August 24 *RCI spur on 15 MHz interferes with CFB Trenton, Ontario *R. Habana Cuba supposed to have started webcasting August 13, see http://www.infocom.etecsa.cu or http://www.cubasi.cu -- but neither audio nor video working for us *R. Apintie, Suriname, active again on 60 meters; also has webcast: mms://206.30.227.30/apintie *Two MW harmonics from Colombia heard in Ecuador, R. Viva, R. Super *R. Impacto Cristiano, Bolivia, is unlicensed, and no mail *Two stations in Independencia, Ayopaya, Bolivia; the SW station is cultural and not the one supported by German Catholics *AM and FM stations in Mexico City with formats in DXLD 1-101 *Story about Samoan broadcasts in Silicon Valley: http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/goodworks11.htm *R. Oman, SW schedule in Arabic *Propagation outlook from Boulder, August 14: flux range 140-165 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1092 ###