WORLD OF RADIO #1040, produced June 14, 2000, by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *RFPI may convert USB transmitter to MW, delaying return to SW SSB *WOR/COM schedule on website revised, but still lots of times to hear *New Mundo Radial starts June 16 on WWCR, Friday 2115 on 15685 *World Radio Conference 2000, Turkey, plans agenda for 2003 conference *New SW station for Zimbabwe starting today, broadcast from outside *RVI Belgium testing via South Africa June 19; previously also via Russia *Lubumbashi, Congo DR, active again on 7 MHz band; new transmitter? *V. of Oromo Liberation, Ethiopian clandestine, has website with English audio archive: http://www.oromoliberationfront.org and address SBO, P O Box 73247, Washington DC 20056 *V. of the Democratic Path of Ethiopian Unity a.k.a. Radio Voice of United and Free Ethiopia: Finote Democracy, Box 88675, Los Angeles CA 90009, http://www.finote.org also with audio archive, all in Amharic and E-mail address efdpu@finote.org *Spanish Inquisition lives: REE requires SINPO, personal data for QSL *Spain`s Spanish lessons have secret books if requested *July BBC On Air goes back to GMT as primary time listing, but with local times for Americas ignoring the great middle *BBC barely refers to Calling the Falklands, but still in schedule *Via SW, satellite, cable, internet, FM, AM, this is World of Radio 1040, wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; if really necessary fax to attn of Hauser 1-580-233-2948. Explore our website thoroughly: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Radio Montecarlo/Oriental, Uruguay seems on only one frequency *Radio Blandengue, South American pirate off for repairs till mid-July *Argentine frigate Libertad on 6-month training voyage; where to tune *Brazilian truckers have SW net on four frequencies *Spanish 2-way on 10000; WYFR on 15000 blocking timesignals *R. Eco San Borja, Bolivia on 60m *R. Yura, Bolivia also heard on 60m *R. Cielo, Peru, on almost same frequency *La Voz del Zapatista, Chiapas clandestine program, heard via pirate KIPM on 13 MHz *San Diego market loses one of three classical stations to jazz *Classical fans persuade new owners of WTMI Miami to keep format; see http://www.keepitclassical.com *Longtime classical host in New England Robert J. Lurtsema died; see http://www.wamc.org *PBS has new CEO, ex-CNN; look for her to shake up programming *Amateur Radio Week June 18-25, culminating with Field Day *During solar disturbance last week, CFVP Calgary believed heard in Denmark, 100 watts *International Radio Report, http://www.ckut.ca now archived as well as webcast: http://members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio *David Crystal disputes reasons for RCI cancelling African service; complete piece in DX Listening Digest 00-72 *National Radio of Armenia`s current schedule of 20-minute Englishes *V. of Shariah, Afghanistan, opening in English now hearable at http://www.intervalsignals.com and times for English, Russian *Many are monitoring Solomon Islands for coup news; see DXLD 00-73, 74 *New SW receiver, Grundig Satellite 800 Millennium is now available; Larry Van Horn pans; John Norfolk likes it despite shortcomings; his full review under Reception Tips on WOR website (as above) *Another SW radio coming soon from Radio Shack, DX-402, clone of ATS- 505, under $100; Dave Frantz of WGTG excited about it for SSB *Propagation outlook from Boulder, issued June 13; flux range 210-150 *World of Radio 1040 concluding; I`m Glenn Hauser ###