WORLD OF RADIO #1013, produced Nov 23, 1999 by Glenn Hauser *RFPI now streaming from SW feed: http://www.boinklabs.com:8000 [RFPI later corrected this to: http://www.boinklabs.com/ifpi.html] *9475 replaces 15685 for WOR Thu 2130 in Dec-Jan-Feb *Sat at 1230 on 15685 we again clash with V. of Tibet, but on top in western Europe *RNZI testing to Timor on 19m, 1005-1600 Thu Nov 25 on 15235 *R. Independence Bougainville active on 78 meters *R. West New Britain was off, recently reactivated; later one of the New Britains off due to quake in Papua New Guinea *Argentine pirate R. Fosil reactivated on 42 meters *Bolivian R. Victoria heard on 41 meters *V. of Guyana off SW after caniballizing parts for MW *Colombian Army setting up network of MW stations; see list in our DX Report 99-57 on the WOR website *Special ham prefix for Panama commemorating Canal turnover *Hurricane Lenny blew Caribbean Beacon off Anguilla *Dr. Gene Scott running long hours from Costa Rica, 13 MHz clashing with India, Cuba *Both Cuba's frequencies to Europe have interference clashes *DXers Unlimited promoting harmonics like we did two sesquidecades ago in How to Listen to the World *We heard third harmonics of Cuban jammers against WRMI, Marti just below 30 MHz including within the 10m hamband *WTIR X-band in Florida still running loop of their plans with funny phony ads *Cincinnati experimental digital station heard in daytime, WD2XAM *NRC AM Radio Log new edition now available; ordering info including address: NRC Publication Center, Box 164, Dept. W, Mannsville, NY 13661-0164 USA *Renaissance man Hugh Downs quitting essays on ABC Perspective; finale this weekend with another Best Of *Ignobel Prize Awards on NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday Nov 27 -- also on CBC Quirks & Quarks *CD Radio changes name to Sirius Satellite Radio; one of 100 channels to be Sci Fi Radio *FCC enforcer Riley Hollingsworth says hams must give full calls, not abbreviated IDs *VOA Creole Service has News in Verse *WBCQ new programming: Planet Lavender; Radio Detective; WBCQ-2 about to test on 9 MHz *The non-commercial, non-government, non-corporate, non-religious, non-musical DX program, WOR 1013; wghauser@yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser For latest info on all our broadcasts and publications, archive of DX reports see our website: http://www.angelire.com/ok/worldofradio *Tip for Rational Living for Thanksgiving *Both CBC-vacated frequencies in Montreal now testing with new stations *Vancouver's inactive 10-watt SW station gets license renewal *Digital Radio Mondiale test schedule from Sines, Rampisham, Sveio, Sackville. See our DX Report 99-57 *BBC now streaming all 5 domestic services *BBC WS previews starting in early Dec: The Lyrics; On Screen; Composers of the Month; Performance; Clouded Hills; My Century; Hanukah and Ramadan specials; Brain of Britain finale Dec 19 [more below] *R. Austria International makes website more friendly to the blind with non frames at http://roi.orf.at *Greece relays via VOA USA switch sites; includes more English, crosstalk; how to tell Delano and Greenville apart *Updating last week's Radiostantsiya Chechnya Svobodnaya schedule *R. Gardarika via St. Petersburg changes times *Ramadan starts Dec 9 *Pakistan heard with English at a new time *12095 clash with BBC mentioned last week is: FEBC Philippines *V. of Indonesia heard well in English in WI and NY but not OK *R. Cairo's audio much better on European English service *R. Gaalkacyo, Somalia pronunciation; see DX Report 99-56; is the old R. Free Somalia *Capital Radio heard on 75 meters, South Africa? [later: seems Europirate] *St. Helena substitute vessels chartered; see websites: http://www.the-islander.org.ac/ and http://www.rms-st-helena.com and http://www.cams-stores.sh *More BBCWS previews: Seeing Stars; Vintage Chart Show ending; The Top 20 Albums of the Century *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Nov 23 *Remember to check WOR website frequently; our addresses again *Standard disclaimer *Glenn Hauser, here, concluding WOR #1013 ###